https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280340 Summary: [feature-request] KWin and tabbed windows - Revolution possible ? Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Alpha 4plus Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Usability AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: al4321@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de HI ALL ! I'm a happy KDE3 use, but I would be even happier if I could find "Tabbed Windows" support in KDE4 at the window-manager level (kwin), instead of application-specific level (konqueror, konsole, ...). Very old discussions about this topic (from 2000 and 2002): http://osdir.com/ml/kde.usability/2002-09/msg00682.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWM_%28window_manager%29 Screenshot of very primitive implementation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pwm-screenshot.png Of course from 2000 to 2007, the KDE technology has advanced tremendously, so we could implement similar technology at much more customizable levels. That is: instead of making tabs above the window, we could make it below the menu, above the menu, or near the bottom, but inside the window decoration... anywhere. (I know that in KDE3, applications menu's are plug-able, which I can prove because KDE3 can be made to feel like Mac with menu's on top, instead of being in the main window) So having this revolutionary technology implemented and customizeble will win a LOT of users from other platforms (both from Windows, and GNOME) to KDE4, as those platforms have nothing to offer in that space AFAIK. Especially considering the fact that KDE4 apps are going to be ported to Win/Mac, and no longer stay Linux-unique, I believe that the Linux community should use this technology as a "rabbit-in-wizard's-hat" advantage :) to continue moving people from proprietary platforms. You can call it: The next revolution !

From technological standpoint, it will be similar to taskbar (kicker) application grouping, except that this will be much more useful and more convenient, and more customizable.

I even found the original wish in KDE bugzilla ! (from 2002, long before I tried Linux and KDE) http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42023 Now with KDE4 major restructuring, we simply cannot find better timing to do this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have decided to cross-open this wish both here, and open a discussion at KDE mailing-list, and open a wish on compiz forums. I wrote here about KDE, but this feature is equally important to all window managers, including KDE, GNOME, compiz, and results in much greater usability. It just happened that I'm a KDE guy, so I write about KDE. This is due to the reason that this feature is very important, and since the KDE were unable to deal with it since 2002, I have thought that if OSS people can't do it, maybe a company can ? maybe Novell can help? Please evaluate the value of such a feature on different aspects of SUSE. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.