New design for LXDE-Qt
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:11 pm
Hi, I'm zaun, a new user. I've been using Lubuntu for 2 years and I love its stability and lightness. However, I humbly think that we could try to implement a new design. I know that the lightness determines the design (we can't have some type of effects, for example).
My idea consists of three elements.
1-The panel: the panel should be at the top, and it should have a global menu (this is important because of 2 reasons: a)It saves screen space*. b)It helps to integrate into LXDE non-LXDE apps**). It should also have, at the right, a place for indicators and a place for notifications.
2-The dock: it should be placed at the bottom (but the position could be customizable). No effects, simple.
3-The launcher: the dock should have an Android-like icon to access all apps. From there, the user could launch or dock them. It should have a search feature and also, by right-clicking the launcher icon, a Gnome-like menu (https://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3. ... enu.png.en) should be deployed. Like this, we could have 2 options to look for apps: one more "classical" and one more "modern", to satisfy all users.
It is similar to OS X, but so much simpler: no blurs, no effects.
What do you think about it? I will prepare a mockup (a bad mockup, I'm not good at all at drawing ) to show you it.
Thanks for your attention!
PD: excuse my English.
My idea consists of three elements.
1-The panel: the panel should be at the top, and it should have a global menu (this is important because of 2 reasons: a)It saves screen space*. b)It helps to integrate into LXDE non-LXDE apps**). It should also have, at the right, a place for indicators and a place for notifications.
2-The dock: it should be placed at the bottom (but the position could be customizable). No effects, simple.
3-The launcher: the dock should have an Android-like icon to access all apps. From there, the user could launch or dock them. It should have a search feature and also, by right-clicking the launcher icon, a Gnome-like menu (https://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3. ... enu.png.en) should be deployed. Like this, we could have 2 options to look for apps: one more "classical" and one more "modern", to satisfy all users.
It is similar to OS X, but so much simpler: no blurs, no effects.
What do you think about it? I will prepare a mockup (a bad mockup, I'm not good at all at drawing ) to show you it.
Thanks for your attention!
PD: excuse my English.