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====== Xfce Design SIG (Special Interest Group) ====== | ====== Xfce Design SIG (Special Interest Group) ====== | ||
- | The Xfce Design SIG aims at improving the usability and visual appearance of the Xfce desktop environment. Our goal is to bring interested users, designers and hackers together to ensure | + | The Xfce Design SIG aims at improving the usability and visual appearance of the Xfce desktop environment. Our goal is to bring interested users, designers and hackers together to ensure |
===== Members ===== | ===== Members ===== | ||
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| Pasi Lallinaho | knome | Any UI/ | | Pasi Lallinaho | knome | Any UI/ | ||
| Jon Masters | jonmasters | UI roadmap, usability/ | | Jon Masters | jonmasters | UI roadmap, usability/ | ||
+ | | Steve Dodier-Lazaro | sidi | User studies, general UX roadmap | User research (field, interviews, online studies), can code | | ||
===== Accepted and Active Projects ===== | ===== Accepted and Active Projects ===== | ||
+ | * **xfce4-power-manager** | ||
+ | * [[design: | ||
* **xfce4-profile-manager** | * **xfce4-profile-manager** | ||
* [[design: | * [[design: | ||
* **xfce4-settings** | * **xfce4-settings** | ||
* [[design: | * [[design: | ||
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==== Big Tasks ==== | ==== Big Tasks ==== | ||
+ | * **xfce4-settings: | ||
+ | * [[design: | ||
+ | * [[design: | ||
* **Thunar: Improve the file operation progress dialog** --- // | * **Thunar: Improve the file operation progress dialog** --- // | ||
* The current shared file operation progress dialog provides rather sparse information. It is not easy to decide what information //should// be displayed and how. | * The current shared file operation progress dialog provides rather sparse information. It is not easy to decide what information //should// be displayed and how. | ||
- | * Initial thoughts were written down here: http:// | ||
* **Thunar: Add a persistent, editable UI to copy/move files** | * **Thunar: Add a persistent, editable UI to copy/move files** | ||
- | * I've seen something like this in OS X recently: whenever drag-and-drop is initiated in Finder, | + | * I've seen something like this in OS X recently: whenever drag-and-drop is initiated in Finder, a black drop area pops up at the edge of the screen. Files can be dropped there and users can later drag them from the area back into another folder or application. We could do something similar. Here are some ideas: |
* Have a simple D-Bus service that allows to store/ | * Have a simple D-Bus service that allows to store/ | ||
+ | * **xfce4-session: | ||
+ | * [[design: | ||
* **xfce4-networkmanager** --- // | * **xfce4-networkmanager** --- // | ||
* [[design: | * [[design: | ||
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* **Thunar: Show free-space-status of devices in sidebar** | * **Thunar: Show free-space-status of devices in sidebar** | ||
* [[design/ | * [[design/ | ||
- | * **Terminal: Make tabs look the same as in other programs**. | ||
- | * See https:// | ||
- | * I agree the tabs look nicer, but the border around the VteWidget is ugly and makes the terminal resize. --- // | ||
- | * **Thunar and keyboard** --- // | ||
- | * When you create a new folder or file, you type the name, press enter and then you want to open it by pressing enter a second time but you can't. Solution is to just make the file/folder selected after it was created. --- // | ||
- | * **xfwm4-tabwin** // | ||
- | * Users should have the option of only showing the outline of the window (which is currently the only option) or the actual window itself, when alt-tabbing. | ||
- | * Showing the window makes cycling slower and there is an option to cycle windows of the same application which helps with many terminals. See [[https:// | ||
- | * Would also be nice if the opacity of the window being shown could be selected. | ||
* **Clean up the theme and wallpaper collection.** Include Shimmer themes in the collection. | * **Clean up the theme and wallpaper collection.** Include Shimmer themes in the collection. | ||
* I think that this can by a good solution for the gtk3-engine-xfce and the theme in gtk3, since nobody care for these component nor the theming, I think is good simply and for all select a non engine-dependant theme and whit popper maintainance. And make it the default. | * I think that this can by a good solution for the gtk3-engine-xfce and the theme in gtk3, since nobody care for these component nor the theming, I think is good simply and for all select a non engine-dependant theme and whit popper maintainance. And make it the default. | ||
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* **Change default window shadows** | * **Change default window shadows** | ||
* Xfwm4 window shadows are almost symmetrical, | * Xfwm4 window shadows are almost symmetrical, | ||
+ | * **Xfce4-session: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * **Menu bars: More consistency ** --- // | ||
+ | * Introduce setting to show/hide menu bar by default (probably using '' | ||
+ | * Introduce common shortcut to temporarily display menu bar (many non-Xfce applications use '' |