taskmanager project

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2009/2/2 Casper Clemence <maninalift at googlemail.com>:
> Hi all. I am starting out hacking on KDE and I wanted to check that I'm not
> stepping on any toes.
>
> I've never used Qt or kdelibs before and I have a full time "day job" so I
> might take a while. Anyway I hope I can be useful and not just a pain. I will
> do some bugfixing I promise, but I think I'll learn better by trying to
> implement some design.
>
> What I'm working on is the "workspace/plasma/applets/tasks" task-manager. In
> particular the grouping behaviour.
>
> AIM:
> (1) on mouseover (of a group item) a taskbar-like widget pops out showing the
> members of the group it's behaviour and appearence is the same as the main
> taskbar.
> (2) left-click peforms bring to front/minimise/restore action on whole group
> (3) right-click context menu remain the same
>
> ...I hope it's clear what I mean :)
>
> JUSTIFICATION:
> (1) Using a taskbar-like widget rather than a visually different menu means
> the user does not have to switch her mental model and should therefore be more
> intuitive: doesn't "make the user think".
> (2) Makes the mouse interaction more consistent: left-click on a window item
> brings that window to the front, left click on a group item brings that group
> to the front.
> (3) means that bringing forward a window that is part of a group or a whole
> group both require one click not two, as they do currently.
>
> If you think this is stupid or it likely conflicts with something that is
> already being done, let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Casper
>
>
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i always approve usability speed-up.
that would be great, if this will be implemented.