Here is a preview for a project I’ve been working on in my free time, called Gimmie. Gimmie is a prototype attempt at making desktop task management simpler and more useful, and I think it’s off to a good start. Lots more to come soon.
Gimmie is stored in Gnome CVS, in the “gimmie” module. You can also browse the latest source online.
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Very interesting idea.
That said, mabey documents opened shouldn’t add an application to the programs section, after all, you’ve opened a document, not an application, same goes for gaim.
Also, the colors don’t show what each section does, they seem over done, mabey screen shots of the various windows, organised depending on weather it’s a document or an application.
btw: what happens if you open abiword from programs, and open a document in abi, does it appear in documents? Also, should an application which handles documents (such as abi) have a document element created streight away or not?
Oh, and the face-pictures for people is great!
Just my 0.02€, ignore at will.
Oh, and great work, keep it up.
David
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I like the idea. Much, much nicer than the existing menu launcher.
Two things: What good is the “programs” section? It seems that one
would be much more interested in documents than programs. Maybe
hide the program if it has a document open and add a dummy empty
document when it doesn’t.Half the time in the screencast is spent closing the gimme window.
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Great ideia, bad colors.
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Building this, I found that the configure didn’t detect my missing libxres-dev btw. Whd generate_thumbnail for a load of files, then ‘quit unexpectedly’, so I’ve no idea what this is yet
Perhaps at least a description of what this does, if no animated gif, for those of us without flash?
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Gimmie looks promising. It’s really amazing. Keep up the good work. I love it so far!
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Great! I has many things that i have in my mind. Of course it needs work and i’m to checkout from cvs.
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Hi. This is pretty nifty. You’ve obviously put a lot of effort into it. I’ve watched the movie about a dozen times to think about it. I guess this would be a replacement for the desktop, the menu at the top and task panels at the bottom.
I like the thumbnails and the division of documents and people is appealing. I’m very document-centirc myself- I navigate through Nautilus and double-click on my documents. I don’t open an app then load something into it.
I’m curious why you would want to create an additional layer of abstraction/complexity which is what Windows always does.
It would be nice to see some simplification. For instance, a disciplined geek likes directory hierarchies and is interested in different applications and protocols.However, someone wanting to get work done is interested in subject matter only. That’s where Beagle really shines. I’m concerned that you simplify the desktop only to clutter the windows that are triggered by the gimme dock with all those filter buttons. For instance: why bother distinguishing between AIM, ICQ, MSN, etc? IM is IM. Same with documents. Who cares if it is an attachment or office doc, etc.?
Some filtering can be done without needing buttons. Ie. in Nautilus you can click to order by name, date (ie. recent-ness), type and it’s not intrusive. Beagle returns results by “relevance”.
Anyhow, not sure how to give useful feedback to you. Interesting work.
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You…. I…. That’s… I’m buyin’ you a pizza!
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I love it
It is a great projectThanks a lot
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Interesting work Alex. Maybe some Tango icons would add some superficial fantasticity.
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Gah! Flash! Bad!
Seriously though, Flash is proprietary, restrictively licensed and otherwise non-free, as well as being unavailable for all platforms, e.g. AMD64.
Please offer an alternate screencast, e.g. ogg or gif cast.
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Very interesting idea! It’s refreshing to see a new idea like this one.
Just curious but I noticed this was written in python, was there some reason it was better suited for this application (I know you’ve written tomboy in C#).
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I’ve just tested it and ….. AMAZING!
Needs some bug fixing and polishing but I bet you can produce a stable version in a couple of weeks.
Bravo!
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Nice app. It would be cool if beagle could incorporate some of these capabilities (most notably, the sidebar).
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Terrific. I’ve really been unhappy with the window list for awhile. I like what OSX has done, but I haven’t thought it was really enough.
Your ideas in Gimmie are an exciting new look at the problem. I agree with an earlier comment that is something is listed in the “Documents” area, it should not also show up in the “Applications”.
One thing that may get tricky is the use of tabbed mdi in applications like gedit. I guess you’d want to see a list of all opened files in all the any gedits running. This may mean some new dbus communication? I guess the documents would then need to be collapsable like current windows in the window list.
Carry on!
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Replying to Stephen Kennedy – keep in mind that not all apps fit into a document-centric model. Games in particular are a case where the user specifically wants to run a program, not open a file.
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That’s damn awesome. I love how people are first class objects here – about time!
One thing – the way a document window appears both as an application and a document is perhaps a bit disconcerting. I suspect I’d never be sure which to choose – kinda like how when I use a Mac I’m never sure whether to close the window or minimize it.
Perhaps a better way would be to discover (somehow) which windows were associated with documents, then only show an icon in the applications are for apps that are not documents : games, music players, etc
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The idea looks very interesting. I’d replace Applications with a “Tasks” entry (linked to Evolution?), though. There’s little use in having a shortcut to applications, since usually people puts them on the panel if there’s need to launch them quickly.
Having tasks would be very useful in a work environment. Also, it would be great if there was any chance to share. For example: I have a document I’m working on, on a remote server, that needs proof-reading by a colleague -> we both have Gimmie and so when I’m finished with writing he only has to pick the document off the Gimmie bar instead of having to find its place in the remote server. -
Drake, you should be able to drag the document icon from the Gimmie Bar onto the person you want to have proof-read it, in order to send it to him.
That person would receive the file either through email or IM, and could drag it onto their Gimmie Bar for later, or save it someplace. Either way, Gimmie will know about it and make finding it easy. It’ll be in “Recently Seen”.
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The concept is a copy of the Scalable Fabric / GroupBar stuff from Microsoft Research, but it looks a lot more usable.
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Ahhh so you do have me on AIM, just never talk to me….beotch.
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