Re: [Usability] The Window List Applet

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 04:28:00PM -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 14:52, Gregory Merchan wrote:
> > How about having only the minimized windows there?
> > 
> > We could have two mutually exclusive applets. One being the Window List I
> > described, and the other an Icon Box that shows only iconified windows.
> > 
> > Both are very simple things and the interface should leave them as such.
> > Merging the user-visible objects with a mode setting would be stupid;
> > just think about the UI for it.
> 
> I've been hoping someone would sort this out, see:
> 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84411
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81222
> 
> In particular  "------ Additional Comments From Havoc Pennington
> 2003-04-09 23:32"
> 
> I wonder if we shouldn't include multiple tabs in the same discussion;
> for example, why aren't window list buttons reorderable, why don't they
> display page load progress, etc. as tabs do.

Lack of load progress indication is the fault of applications. See:
  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2003-July/msg00132.html
  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2003-July/msg00133.html
  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2003-September/msg00122.html
  http://www.phys.lsu.edu/students/merchan/GNOME/Recommendations/Epiphany/
  http://mozdev.org/pipermail/epiphany/2003-September/000405.html


I looked at #81222. The approach suggested there is not feasible because
there are too many possibilities, no rules for usefulness, and some points
will be missed even among myriad possibilities.

I was going to include an analysis and recommendations in this message,
but text-only email is a poor format for this. Instead, I have set aside
a webpage for them:

  http://www.phys.lsu.edu/students/merchan/GNOME/Recommendations/WindowControllers/

There's only a placeholder there at the moment. I'll send a message as soon
as there's content. (Maybe tomorrow.)

Cheers,
Greg