Re: GNOME 2.0 feedback

[Bruce Robert Pocock <brpocock 10east com>]

On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 10:16, Luis Villa wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 09:05, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > On 23 Jul 2002, Bruce Robert Pocock wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 19:11, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > > On 22 Jul 2002, Dick Porter wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 12:27, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > > > > On 21 Jul 2002, Luis Villa wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > "In the workspace switcher, you can drag windows between workspaces, but
> > > > > > > > dragging within a workspace doesn't cause the window to move (despite
> > > > > > > > it moving in the workspace switcher view).
> > > 
> > > Personal offenses aside, is it a UI bug that the window thumbnail moves,
> > > but not the window?
> > 
> > What do you mean? If you drop the thumbnail in the same workspace the 
> > thumbnail will return to the previous position.
> 
> But there is no visual indication that will happen. In all other
> particulars, there is a mapping between representation on the desktop
> and representation in the switcher. That this mapping of desktop to
> switcher breaks unexplainably when you're clicking and moving is
> confusing at best. If you don't think that functionality should be in, I
> guess that's fine, but it shouldn't break the visual metaphor by
> allowing the window-representation to move without moving the real
> window.
> 
> Luis [probably completely unclear; please flame and I'll try again :)

Perhaps something in the pager should "stick behind?"

EG: drag the icon, but the window rectangle itself (or an outline of it)
stays in place.

Drag the icon onto another workspace, and it prelights and/or an outline
appears in the pager-workspace where the window would be moved-to.

?