Can I make the Gnome panel show active tasks on all workspaces.

[David Harel]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 20:34 +0200, David Harel wrote:
>   
>> Ulf Rompe wrote:
>>     
>>> Am Dienstag, den 15.12.2009, 19:02 +0200 schrieb David Harel:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Currently I can see and select tasks on the current workspace only but
>>>> I want to be able to get to an application on a different workspace
>>>> directly (typically I use 4 workspaces). Can it be done? (didn't find
>>>> it on the panel properties menu).
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You can find the settings dialog by right-clicking on the handle at the
>>> left of the task bar. It has a radio button to select the behaviour you
>>> want.
>>>  
>>>       
>> Thanks. 
>> It seems like a usability issue.
>>     
>
> Usability issue how? I count it as a feature that I don't have to look
> at every single window I've got open. I usually have 6 workspaces, and
> numerous tasks sitting on each. It gets a little hectic when I'm working
> on a project and I've got 9/10 windows open on one workspace, the last
> thing I need is the 12-15 other windows I've got spread out on other
> workspaces to be showing up mixed in with my project!
>
> As a convenience factor though, I recognize the need to quickly find
> windows on other workspaces, so I added the "Window Selector" app to my
> panel (I think its there by default now, next to the notification area).
> This app lists all the windows on every workspace for easy finding of
> something else.
>
> +0.02
>
>   
Below some links dealing with usability issues. Hope you can find some 
beneficial info.
http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/simplicity_is_highly.html
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/12/09.html
http://books.google.co.il/books?id=Li9ixNhMwUUC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=user+errors+in+menu+selection&source=bl&ots=U0w39DKwt6&sig=sLZjBUJHW-J_V33_HJG2kAqDvOE&hl=en&ei=EZOhSaviKJaq0AWC2K3PCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

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David Harel,

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