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I will take a look at your work when I have some time.
2009-09-04 17:45:18 UTC in Eagle Mode
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Nice idea but:
I think the main purpose of a window manager is that the user can easily group multiple applications on the screen in order to watch and control them simultaneously (e.g. debugger, source editor and project files), and that he can switch extremely fast between applications or groups of them. They have solutions like overlapping, sizing, grouping, stacking, sticking, shading...
2009-08-30 09:02:51 UTC in Eagle Mode
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> I can see Eagle Mode being the next major user interface shift.
You see more than I. For me it's just a dream, because there is at least one big obstacle: unacceptance (user are very accustomed to classic GUIs).
And if you remove the concept of windows, that obstacle even gets bigger.
> Are you interested in designers and other programmers getting involved in this project?...
2009-08-29 09:11:50 UTC in Eagle Mode
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Multiple windows of Eagle Mode can be used to work on multiple directories simultaneously - just like with almost every classic file manger. I know that many ZUI freaks are expecting something different, but I really think that the good old concept of floating windows on desktops should never be eliminated.
2009-08-28 17:44:23 UTC in Eagle Mode
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I would wish that X11 applications would also be started and stopped by zooming in an out, because then any number of them could be configured (e.g. hundreds of games). But there the problem of in-persistence comes in. Maybe some configurable macro tricks could help there, like: "automatically hit ctrl-S before killing the X server".
2009-08-27 05:47:59 UTC in Eagle Mode
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What happens when you open additional Eagle Mode windows?.
2009-08-27 05:28:10 UTC in Eagle Mode
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There is already a live cd based on Slax. The image can be downloaded on http://eaglemode.sourceforge.net/download.html
But if you create another one based on Ubuntu, please let me know.
2009-08-27 05:20:44 UTC in Eagle Mode
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I have never liked those tag clouds I saw on the web. And I think directory trees should always be balanced by importance. But that's just _my_ opinion...
2009-08-26 08:13:45 UTC in Eagle Mode
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But it would become very difficult if you want to make it possible to copy and move things around. There I think the best solution is still to mount network file systems.
2009-08-26 07:57:43 UTC in Eagle Mode
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...and the applications should start and stop automatically as the user zooms in and out. It would also be nice for virtual machines and emulators. Imaging you could find all mame games in the cosmos.
Problems are (in-)persistence, double assignment of certain keyboard and mouse inputs, and that the applications themselves are still old style and not zoomable user interfaces.
But it would...
2009-08-26 07:45:33 UTC in Eagle Mode
