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From: "Máirín Duffy" duffy@fedoraproject.org To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org Cc: "Matthew Miller" mattdm@fedoraproject.org Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:09:55 AM Subject: Re: LISA conference, Fedora, and the sysadmin use case.
On 11/14/2013 10:39 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 08:18:51 -0500, Matthew Miller mattdm@fedoraproject.org wrote:
- handling of many multiple terminal windows
What were they looking for here? I use workspace switcher on XFCE with 12 or 15 workspaces and use each workspace for a standard application or terminal window with an ssh connection to a particular host. By being consistent about what is where it is easy to go to a desired application or terminal session.
I think it's what mizmo referred to below - the gnome-shell case - it is just a sea of black boxes in the overview if you have too many open. and while i think there's definitely cases where people can just be more organized about their desktop usage or use workspaces more efficiently - there's also a case to be made for the admin who doesn't keep windows open to every host (anyone with any significant number of machines, basically), who might want to troubleshoot a handful of machines at once, etc.
FWIW what I've observed in an unrelated usability study (one we did for systemd that involved working with terminals) is in gnome-shell, when you go to the overview you have a bunch of black rectangles (the terminal thumbs) that all look the same, so the task of identifying which black rectangle was the right one to click on to get the terminal you needed was challenging.
While it may be more of a "developer use case" than a "sysadmin use case" - I can certainly attest to the frustration of the other half of my household with the "which black rectangle" problem - his work typically involves needing numerous multiple terminal windows open simultaneously for coding, testing, tracing issues, etc. "How am I supposed to find anything?! I can't even see what is in the windows unless I click on them..."
-robyn
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