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Originally Posted by Toadling
OK, maybe it presents some challenges, but impossible? I don't think it's impossible.
The gist of my argument is that, IMHO, it's better to have layered windows with some degree of visibility to other UI objects (icons, other windows, etc).
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I didn't actually mean "impossible", I was just trying to be dramatic. :)
I too think that (for certain software) with newer super high res screens, full screen work is becoming less of an option. I am a Windows emigrant so I was used to the full screen paradigm. I used to think that if I had more than one app on the screen at the same time I felt it was distracting (again adding a little punch here for drama). I am slowly starting to learn to not be distracted by the "windows everywhere" paradigm. But its hard and it takes time. The need to organize and keep track of those windows is increasing. I find that spaces, Command+H, Command+Tab and expose together makes for a very confusing cocktail. As of now I don't use spaces much, just the other three techniques...
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Originally Posted by Toadling
In step #3, why not just hit the Exposé keyboard shortcut again to return to the app you were at? Wouldn't that be easier than dragging and pressing spacebar (which, incidentally, doesn't seem to be working here), especially since you finger is already yon the Exposé button?
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Why did I not think of that. :)
There is however one advantage to the "spacebar" approach.
If OF is hidden (by Comman-H), it will unhide on spacebar.
And I just realized that I can start dragging the file and then Command-Tab into OF to drop it there too.
As to wether we should have the inspector as a side panel or not; my take on it is that OF is expensive enough to merit both. The inspector do get in the way for me a lot since I sometimes have quite long action names. I agree with the notion that we should have the freedom to move it around and even put it on a different screen. I also think that we should be able to dock it. I pretty much use it as a side bar just now but I have to manually set that up now. I also agree with that OF is inconsistant in terms of what is offered in the side bar vs inline. I see benefit to offering all options inline as long as it is customizable. I certainly think that all data should be available in the inspector. I do way too much visibility switching of inline notes.