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App launcher & panel transparency feedback #296

Open sergioad opened 2 years ago

sergioad commented 2 years ago

How did you upgrade to 21.10? (Fresh install / Upgrade) Fresh install

Issue/Bug Description: I noticed recently you are implementing your own app grid / picker / menu, however there are some things that could be improved

Screenshot from 2021-11-13 03-39-39 As you can see the size of the app grid obstructs the dock and panel at 720p 1368x760, that makes closing it with mouse harder, I would suggest to add a rule to not obstruct neither

Screenshot from 2021-11-13 03-53-00 Since the new app grid does not hides the favourited apps some things that should remain hidden from the user are visible like the show launcher, workspaces and Applications items, I would suggest to add a toggle switch in the general desktop settings to hide favourited apps from the menu

My final recommendation is to add a toggle in the top panel section of the general desktop settings to use dynamic transparency, digging through the dconf editor I saw your workspaces plugin had an option to make the top panel transparent on the workspaces screen, this could be expanded to a complete dynamic transparency panel setting

Final thoughts Cosmic desktop on its current GNOME iteration is sleck, customizable and really nice, the overall UX is well thought out and consistent for 1080p screens onward, however now that you are creating a pi edition 720p screens should also be accounted in my opinion

Also; since your next big release is an LTS I would firmly suggest you to not release Pop!_OS 22.04 with your new rust based desktop because of hiw disruptive would be for your clientele with PCs, you should start officially offering it by default with 22.10 and in the meantime offer it in an optional 22.04 test pilot ISO, that way the users who prefer stability will have it and those who want the new DE can get the test pilot ISO, another benefit of such strategy is that you could keep developing and pushing up new radical redesigns to the DE well after the stable release of Pop!_OS 22.04

mmstick commented 2 years ago

I think it makes more sense to hide those particular entries than to hide favorited applications.

mmstick commented 2 years ago

As for the Rust DE, it will not be ready in time. But if it were, I'd rather we have LTS using software we actively maintain and support, than something that would only be passively maintained.

sergioad commented 2 years ago

I think it makes more sense to hide those particular entries than to hide favorited applications.

Fair enough, you are right

And... About the DE I can relate man, good luck with it 😀