the next step on the desktop

[Nuno Pinheiro]

A Segunda, 31 de Janeiro de 2011 13:54:45 Marco Martin você escreveu:
> On Monday 31 January 2011, Nuno Pinheiro wrote:
> > A Segunda, 31 de Janeiro de 2011 13:00:50 Marco Martin você escreveu:
> > > On Monday 31 January 2011, Nuno Pinheiro wrote:
> > > > > my proposal is this:
> > > > > 
> > > > > * by default, Search and Launch on the desktop
> > > > 
> > > > We talked about this in last tokamac remember?
> > > > Imo a merge of krunner, activityes management, and the cashew and a
> > > > few specific tryicons (just the hardware vital ones) into somthing
> > > > that is allwyas visible (hinted wen a window is full scren) (btw we
> > > > have a problem
> > > 
> > > I still don't think this could be the place for systray icons, but i
> > > completely agree on merging krunner and the toolbox,
> > > with a window like the panel not always on top, always visible and
> > > brought on top on screen edge
> > > 
> > > > here, we need to push people to stop using full screen apps as much
> > > > as they think its better its realy not, unless the screnn is realy
> > > > small but for that we have the netbook  experience)
> > > 
> > > provocation: remove the maximize button by default? ;) (as the netbook
> > > doesn't have minimize)
> > 
> > will talk to mgrslin this afternoon but somthing like a optimal size
> > buton instead of max... if you clik it again it goes max.... now the
> > apps would need to provide info to kwin about it... this comes in line
> > with the other crazy ideas we benn cooking. worth trying IMO
> 
> that's basically what the osx fake "maximize" button does.
> for this a size hint is needed at the level of the wndow manager.
> now, a qt application of course has an hint for its top level widget that
> will be the window..
> maybe this could be passed as atom, if still there isn't one in the netwm
> spec (but not that i know of)
> if the app doesn't provide an hint, it could jut fall back at be a normal
> maximize

exactly, plus i think in osx is more evil and you can't max (unless you realy 
realy want to by instaling external software).
this would be a bit less evil than that and more of a 2 step thing....  

> Cheers,
> Marco Martin
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