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design:appfinder [2011/06/06 23:26] – [ToDo] ochosidesign:appfinder [2011/08/18 13:26] – [Ideas] stephan
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     * I would prefer not to introduce new UI paradigms that people are unfamiliar with. An error icon is something that people are not used to clicking on. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:19//     * I would prefer not to introduce new UI paradigms that people are unfamiliar with. An error icon is something that people are not used to clicking on. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:19//
   * I think idea 3 can be dropped. The limited space to the left of the buttons is everything but a nice location to place text messages. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:25//   * I think idea 3 can be dropped. The limited space to the left of the buttons is everything but a nice location to place text messages. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:25//
 +  * Why not just make the 'Launch' button grayed out and unclickable until the input is valid? Sorry to randomly comment like this; I found this discussion interesting.  --- //[[jvilk@cs.umass.edu|John Vilk]] 2011/06/27 22:51//
 ===== Compact Mode (Expanded) ===== ===== Compact Mode (Expanded) =====
  
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 Expanded layout with 6px between the icon and the treeview, entry still center-aligned with the icon. Expanded layout with 6px between the icon and the treeview, entry still center-aligned with the icon.
  
-==== ToDo ==== 
-Stuff that needs to be implemented in the [[http://git.xfce.org/special-interest-groups/design/tree/xfce4-appfinder/merge-with-xfrun/demo-code/c|c demo application]] before we can move it into xfce4-appfinder master. 
  
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-| **ID** | **Description** | **Status** | 
-| I01 | Store settings in XfceRc file (xfconf is slow) | -- | 
-| I01.1 | Window size and pane position. | -- | 
-| I01.2 | Last category? | -- | 
-| I02 | Investigate dbus daemon, profiling shows a lot of time is spend in starting Gtk (theme/style) and Garcon item loading, two things we can easily avoid with a daemon. | -- | 
-| I03 | Save successfully launched commands | @orange:saving works, only need to add them to the model | 
-| I04 | Simple extension framework. | -- | 
-| I04.1 | Match prefixes only. | -- | 
-| I04.2 | Simple editor. | -- | 
-| I04.3 | Support custom icons. | -- | 
-| I04.4 | Do we need this in expanded view as well, like Jannis' idea? The entry only acts as search field, so we need to change it's behavior too then. | -- | 
-| I05 | Garcon menu reloading support. | -- | 
-| I06 | (icon) theme changes: reload cached pixbufs. | -- | 
-| I07 | Bunch of clever key combinations to speed-up navigation. | -- | 
-| I08 | Right-click menu in treeview(s). | -- | 
-| I08.1 | Open exo-desktop-item-edit? Some lousy menu editor replacement? | -- | 
-| I08.2 | Clear custom commands from the history and clear all. | -- | 
-| I09 | Obey show-image-on-button setting for launch button. | -- | 
-| I10 | Sort custom commands before desktop-file commands in the completion. | @palegreen: Yes | 
-|I11 | Items not visible on start in expanded mode. | @palegreen: Yes | 
 ==== Ideas ==== ==== Ideas ====
   * [[releng:4.10:roadmap:xfce4-appfinder#other_ideas|See ideas on the roadmap page too]].   * [[releng:4.10:roadmap:xfce4-appfinder#other_ideas|See ideas on the roadmap page too]].
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     * One more note on the error-handling behavior: I personally think the appfinder shouldn't close itself when a non-working command is entered. Even this alone can be good feedback for the user that something is wrong/not working on his/her side. --- //[[simon.steinbeiss@univie.ac.at|Simon Steinbeiß]] 2011/06/03 10:46//     * One more note on the error-handling behavior: I personally think the appfinder shouldn't close itself when a non-working command is entered. Even this alone can be good feedback for the user that something is wrong/not working on his/her side. --- //[[simon.steinbeiss@univie.ac.at|Simon Steinbeiß]] 2011/06/03 10:46//
       * Agreed, it should not close on error. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:17//       * Agreed, it should not close on error. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:17//
 +  * A bit off-topic, but I am not sure that appfinder is the right name for this tool. I mean that it is going to be more than an application-finder, it will actually execute any command you want while helping you find it if you don't know. Merging xfce4-appfinder and xfrun will get you a new beast entirely. Doesn't that warrant a new name? --- //[[stephan@xfce.org|Stephan Arts]] 2011/08/18 13:14//
  
 == Extensions == == Extensions ==
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   * Picking the idea up from error-handling, the appicon could be clickable (should prelight like a button on hover) and give a drop-down of alternative browsers/services for webaddress (sticking to the example from above). --- //[[simon.steinbeiss@univie.ac.at|Simon Steinbeiß]] 2011/06/03 12:17//   * Picking the idea up from error-handling, the appicon could be clickable (should prelight like a button on hover) and give a drop-down of alternative browsers/services for webaddress (sticking to the example from above). --- //[[simon.steinbeiss@univie.ac.at|Simon Steinbeiß]] 2011/06/03 12:17//
   * We always use the default web browser. I am not sure we want to integrate something like "Open With" in the appfinder. Probably not. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:17//   * We always use the default web browser. I am not sure we want to integrate something like "Open With" in the appfinder. Probably not. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2011/06/04 00:17//
 +    * I actually like the idea. --- //[[stephan@xfce.org|Stephan Arts]] 2011/08/18 13:26//