PMC use case

[daitheflu at free.fr]

Hi guys,


----- "Christophe Olinger" <olingerc at binarylooks.com> a écrit :

> I'll try to update the wiki page today adding the things we discussed
> here and also the StateMachine Rewriting.

About the top bar discussion, I would strongly recommend not to do that. A menu (or whatever you call it, for me it's just a menu) has to be the same everywhere.
Instead of adding buttons in the top bar, I propose an overlaying menu with autohide capability. This menu would show what mode is currently in use and would allow fast switching / starting. The Mac OS X Dock is a good example of what I'm thinking about. You can put it on the bottom/left/top/right side of your desk, make it autohide and reappear when the mouse pointer comes close to it. You can launch any app that has an icon in it. For us, we would need a Music icon, a Video icon, etc... Already running apps icons have an indicator showing the user that it's already running. We would just need to add a "Home" icon that would "minimize" all running stuff and show the Home applet.
Furthermore, with this idea, a long-click on an icon could make a "submenu" appear with quick access to basic functionnalities like "Quit this mode", "Pause" or anything, without switching to the mode.

I might be totally wrong about the thing -never tried PMC and noone pointed me to a doc...- but that's what I'm understanding from the last discussions. So please bash me gently if I'm wrong (and hook me up with doc !) :D

Also, I've several Google Wave invitations. This can be really useful to collaborate. It provides files sharing, powerful editing and even polls or white board through extensions. Just tell me if you're interested in using such a tool.

Cheers,

-- 
François