a great idea for gnome three

[edoardo <thetroublemaker inventati org>]

hi guys : )

i don't write much on this list, but i think a few days ago i had a fantastic 
idea for gnome three. it's a revolution.

awright, picture this situation. you're browsin' some web page or i dunno, 
usin' xchat to chat with people, or i dunno you're listenin' to music and 
enjoyin' your desktop background. or all of these together. it don't matter.

now say you wanna start a new app, like i dunno, gaim, cause you wanna message 
someone. this is what you do. you middle click with the mouse. *anywhere* on 
the desktop, or on the web browser, or the chat, or whatever. gnome will take 
over that. you middle click, and... a sphere comes up where you clicked. on the 
side of the sphere that's in front of you, there's an icon of say... xine. you 
move the mouse wheel up, and the sphere rotates up, showin' you other quick 
link icons, which you can set up as you want of course. you can scroll up and 
down, as you want. once you reach gaim, you left click. and the sphere 
disappears. and gaim starts.

that's it. how is it? i think it's one of the greatest f***in' ideas that have 
ever come to a desktop environment.i mean it came from me so maybe i could be 
more relaxed about it but... don't it sound awesome? we would have like the 
most innovative user oriented feature a desktop environment has had in years!

it's like... let's do it! how does that sound? give me your opinions, and in 
case we wanna do it, i would love to be the designer of this. or one of the 
designers. but as a coder, i would like to play a small role. i think i'm a 
good designer but a very naive and not advanced coder.

let me know!

ciao! : )

edo