Maximized windows should be redecorated when in expo mode

I think only the redecorating is not working, right? Though I don't honestly think it matters...

The integration of this functionality was a lot better in Mutter/10.10 UNE. The fact that windows can span over multiple workspaces in the overview, for example, is counterintuitive for users. There is a lot of work to be done on this.

For reference:
Compare this orderly fashion: http://static.arstechnica.com/1010review/uworkspaces.png
to chaos: http://blog.elektronik-projekt.de/wp-content/uploads/gimp-halbiert.png

I agree.

Maverick's switcher is a lot more easy-to-use than what we have in Natty now.

There is an individual bug for tracking the right adjustment with the expo layout: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/754689

This one is de-scoped for Natty.

I would love to see point 4 of this bug report to be fixed for O. That would look much nice.

s/4/3

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Omer Akram <email address hidden> wrote:
> I would love to see point 4 of this bug report to be fixed for O. That
> would look much nice.
>

Taking into account that you probably meant point 3 - it already is,
see the new workspaces layout that landed in oneiric.

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> Title:
>  Integration issues with expo plugin and unity shell
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>  New
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
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> Bug description:
>  This is a known issue by the unity team themselves, just reporting
>  this bug so I can track the issue.
>
>  We need to tweak the unity shell somewhat so that the expo view
>  doesn't look so ugly. Also it might be necessary to include a few
>  distro patches to expo:
>
>  1) We need to redecorate maximized windows (and hide the buttons in the shell view) when the expo plugin is triggered
>  2) We need to always make sure that the launcher is shown, and it should IGNORE moving windows for the intellihide case
>  3) We need a distro patch to the expo plugin to make it offset by the launcher size.
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Sam Spilsbury

oops, I wrongly duplicated a few bugs. now I know Expo is not Scale. though scale would need an offset as well.

point2 also seems fixed to me. removed point3 from this bug and marked fixed as another.

Aren't all three (now two) points in the description fixed in oneiric?

1 - done not by redecorating, but by rescaling maximized windows to cover the top region in expo mode
2 - correctly handled (done during the natty cycle)
3 - manual expo offset introduced in natty with default values matching the default unity launcher and panel; automatic offset (I think?) now in oneiric

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Omer Akram <email address hidden> wrote:
> oops, I wrongly duplicated a few bugs. now I know Expo is not Scale.
> though scale would need an offset as well.
>

Indeed. I have some experimental work which would do this and uses the
same layout engine as the alt-tab, but it was too late after Beta 2 to
get this into the distro, but it will be in for P, as it's a fairly
trivial change.

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> Title:
>  Integration issues with expo plugin and unity shell
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>  New
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  This is a known issue by the unity team themselves, just reporting
>  this bug so I can track the issue.
>
>  We need to tweak the unity shell somewhat so that the expo view
>  doesn't look so ugly. Also it might be necessary to include a few
>  distro patches to expo:
>
>  1) We need to redecorate maximized windows (and hide the buttons in the shell view) when the expo plugin is triggered
>  2) We need to always make sure that the launcher is shown, and it should IGNORE moving windows for the intellihide case
>  3) We need a distro patch to the expo plugin to make it offset by the launcher size.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/703804/+subscriptions
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Sam Spilsbury

@Sam can you give a look here? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/766191/comments/4

Lets first make sure what design wants out of this.