[Panel-devel] [RFC] Interaction model for "building" your shell

[Vinay Khaitan]

Have people looked into the ideas of slicker <http://slicker.sf.net> ?
They had some nice ideas.

On 9/14/05, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 14 September 2005 05:46, Barış Metin wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 September 2005 01:24, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > 1. Create widgets on the main widget.
> > 2. Select two/three of them with Shift+LMB
> > 3. Select "Lay out horizantally".
> > 4. Than choose "break layout" from the toolbar.
> 
> i'm hoping we can make it a bit more free form and just "drag and droppy" 
> than
> this.. we'll see =)
> 
> ever played with kwin's "magnetic borders"?
> 
> > Graphics programs or designer-like GUI builders already deal with this
> > problem - placement/layout of multiple objects on the screen. We can 
> just
> > take a look at them and maybe just imitate ;).
> 
> a little less geeky than designer perhaps, but i like the direction ... 
> have
> you played with dashboard? it has that little ribbon at the bottom. rather
> limited, but still more prior art to look at.
> 
> > > > 2) Having a special action "somewhere"(*) triggering the edit mode. 
> In
> > > > this case every windows are hidden, and only the desktop and its
> > > > plasmoids are accessible until you switch back to the normal mode.
> > >
> > > yes, we just need to find a place for it. this is a job for the 
> usability
> > > people =)
> >
> > My first try would be "right click on the desktop and search for the
> > keyword edit" :).
> 
> sounds about right.
> 
> > I really liked the idea of "plasmoid composition"
> 
> oooh. i like that!
> 
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