Fighting for truth, justice, and a kick-butt user experience.http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/en-usThu, 20 Nov 2008 11:23:52 AM -0500 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:23:52 AM -0500 sirquits Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
Instead of thumbnails, how about displaying the icons along with the database name? Something like the workspace, but displaying only open databases.

I also do not use it because it is easier to click on a tab.

Instead of a mouse click, ctrl-tab could be used to bring up this list, and clicking ctrl-tab again would cycle through the apps.While the user cycles through the icons, the focus on the tab also cycles(tab switching happens).]]>
Instead of thumbnails, how about displaying the icons along with the database name? Something like the workspace, but displaying only open databases.

I also do not use it because it is easier to click on a tab.

Instead of a mouse click, ctrl-tab could be used to bring up this list, and clicking ctrl-tab again would cycle through the apps.While the user cycles through the icons, the focus on the tab also cycles(tab switching happens).]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11202008112352AMPSCNEG.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:53:41 PM -0500 John Check out this new whitepaper abotu migrating from Exchange to Notes/Domino 8 http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/check-out-this-new-whitepaper-abotu-migrating-from-exchange-to-notesdomino-8.htm?opendocument&comments#11182008055341PMPSCW24.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:14:23 PM -0500 Jamie Jenkins Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
Actually, you can kinda have the old control-tab feature back if you turn off the show thumbnail option.

Turn it off, and when you have focus on a document do a control-tab then use your left and right arrow keys followed by an enter to get to the open tab you want.

Doesn't work in calendar, and possibly other areas, but I find it works for the most part, especially when I'm typing a new memo and want to "tab" back to another tab/document.]]>
Actually, you can kinda have the old control-tab feature back if you turn off the show thumbnail option.

Turn it off, and when you have focus on a document do a control-tab then use your left and right arrow keys followed by an enter to get to the open tab you want.

Doesn't work in calendar, and possibly other areas, but I find it works for the most part, especially when I'm typing a new memo and want to "tab" back to another tab/document.]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11182008121423PMPSCPE2.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:42:03 AM -0500 Michael Brummer-Witt Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not? http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#18.11.2008014203PSCB2U.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:08:44 PM -0500 Kevin Pettitt Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
First, you need a keyboard shortcut to enter the thumbnail view, and I propose Ctrl-Tab. A single instance of that key combo would bring up the list and place your cursor in the search box. You could type something at that point and the behavior should be just like the behavior of "Type to find" only limited to the titles of open tabs. In other words, you shouldn't need to know the first characters in the title, just anything that matches some part of a window title. Whether or not you type anything, you would be able to move around that screen with the keyboard arrow/pg up/dn keys or mouse scrolling. Once you find the one you are looking for, you can switch to it by either 1) pressing the keyboard arrow keys to highlight and then enter to activate the switch, or 2) click with the mouse.

Second, if you keep your fingers on the Ctrl key and repeatedly hit tab you would cycle through the thumbnails until you find the one you want. Release the keys at that point would immediately switch to that tab.

You might also consider redesigning the pop up screen to show on the left side a (potentially) long list of window titles, and then on the right a magnified thumbnail of the currently highlighted entry. As you Ctrl-tab or cursor through (keyboard) or mouseover an entry, you would see that entry's thumbnail scaled to fit the space.

As for logical tab display order in the thumbnail popup screen, you should see them listed with the most recent ones at the top, grouped with others from the same application. The latter attribute could be sensitive to the user's preference setting for whether tabs from the same app are stacked.

I personally LOVE Firefox's tabbed interface (augmented with the Tab Mix Plus extension) because it is so easy to have dozen's of open tabs without creating a navigation nightmare. The point is, if you really make things easy to find and switch to, it will be a tremendously useful feature. As most reaction has demonstrated though, partial solutions don't cut it. Hopefully the above thoughts will help.]]>
First, you need a keyboard shortcut to enter the thumbnail view, and I propose Ctrl-Tab. A single instance of that key combo would bring up the list and place your cursor in the search box. You could type something at that point and the behavior should be just like the behavior of "Type to find" only limited to the titles of open tabs. In other words, you shouldn't need to know the first characters in the title, just anything that matches some part of a window title. Whether or not you type anything, you would be able to move around that screen with the keyboard arrow/pg up/dn keys or mouse scrolling. Once you find the one you are looking for, you can switch to it by either 1) pressing the keyboard arrow keys to highlight and then enter to activate the switch, or 2) click with the mouse.

Second, if you keep your fingers on the Ctrl key and repeatedly hit tab you would cycle through the thumbnails until you find the one you want. Release the keys at that point would immediately switch to that tab.

You might also consider redesigning the pop up screen to show on the left side a (potentially) long list of window titles, and then on the right a magnified thumbnail of the currently highlighted entry. As you Ctrl-tab or cursor through (keyboard) or mouseover an entry, you would see that entry's thumbnail scaled to fit the space.

As for logical tab display order in the thumbnail popup screen, you should see them listed with the most recent ones at the top, grouped with others from the same application. The latter attribute could be sensitive to the user's preference setting for whether tabs from the same app are stacked.

I personally LOVE Firefox's tabbed interface (augmented with the Tab Mix Plus extension) because it is so easy to have dozen's of open tabs without creating a navigation nightmare. The point is, if you really make things easy to find and switch to, it will be a tremendously useful feature. As most reaction has demonstrated though, partial solutions don't cut it. Hopefully the above thoughts will help.]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11172008010844PMPSCV8W.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:09:20 AM -0500 Jens Schwendemann Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
1. The image quality is too low. Please use some kind of antialiasing to smoothen images

2. CTRL-TAB should lead to the overview. That would be pretty much like ALT-Tab in Vista (on a non Areo GUI)

3. Too many "Do not enter" signs]]>
1. The image quality is too low. Please use some kind of antialiasing to smoothen images

2. CTRL-TAB should lead to the overview. That would be pretty much like ALT-Tab in Vista (on a non Areo GUI)

3. Too many "Do not enter" signs]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11172008050920AMPSCF4D.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:32:03 AM -0500 Suchitra Swain Why do you want to drag emails to the desktop and what do you want to do with them?
Although its not related.. but if you can save the email in desktop, why not as a attachment in a mail. Outlook has a option to copy and paste an email as an attachment in a new memo..I feel notes does not have this feature. I do miss this feature once in a while in notes.]]>
Although its not related.. but if you can save the email in desktop, why not as a attachment in a mail. Outlook has a option to copy and paste an email as an attachment in a new memo..I feel notes does not have this feature. I do miss this feature once in a while in notes.]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/why-do-you-want-to-drag-emails-to-the-desktop-and-what-do-you-want-to-do-with-them.htm?opendocument&comments#11172008123203AMPSC9P6.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:19:44 PM -0500 adamrut Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not? http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11162008071944PMPSC3KV.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:27:14 PM -0500 Darren Check out this new whitepaper abotu migrating from Exchange to Notes/Domino 8 http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/check-out-this-new-whitepaper-abotu-migrating-from-exchange-to-notesdomino-8.htm?opendocument&comments#14112008192714PSC3QK.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:58:05 PM -0500 Felise Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not? http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11142008125805PMPSCQ9C.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:10:40 PM -0500 Scott Petricig Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
I personally like the "Search" feature, as I often have a dozen or more tabs open.]]>
I personally like the "Search" feature, as I often have a dozen or more tabs open.]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11142008121040PMPSCPBV.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:29:37 AM -0500 Bruce Stapley Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not? http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11142008102937AMPSCMCK.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:50:36 AM -0500 Scott Marchione Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not? http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11142008075036AMPSCJ97.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:46:31 AM -0500 Sean Jennings Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
Actually, if you could give the variety of navigation options between tabs as a user has between Spaces (and with the same fast responsiveness) then this would be fab!]]>
Actually, if you could give the variety of navigation options between tabs as a user has between Spaces (and with the same fast responsiveness) then this would be fab!]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#14112008074631PSCJ6M.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:19:42 AM -0500 Mark Haller Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
I don't use it either - I generally use about 2-6 tabs open at a max at any one time. If I have more open, I tend to close all and start again.

I've got a high resolution screen, and can very easily see which tabs I have available, with clear text telling me which is which on the tab handle.

I would love to be able to lock tabs - so they never close! Like the workspace or my mailbox or calendar! I know that wasn't your question but adding it anyway :-)

Thanks for asking ...

Mark]]>
I don't use it either - I generally use about 2-6 tabs open at a max at any one time. If I have more open, I tend to close all and start again.

I've got a high resolution screen, and can very easily see which tabs I have available, with clear text telling me which is which on the tab handle.

I would love to be able to lock tabs - so they never close! Like the workspace or my mailbox or calendar! I know that wasn't your question but adding it anyway :-)

Thanks for asking ...

Mark]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#14112008071942PSCHMV.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:55:51 AM -0500 Frederic Block Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
- picture quality is too low (image should be smoother when down-sized)

- when going on the thumbnail, it should show a bigger version of it to be able to read faster

- would be great to be able to close windows from there (here you have to open the window and then close the tab)

- too many not shown content (don't know why...)

- when doing CTRL-TAB it should be shown to perform window switching]]>
- picture quality is too low (image should be smoother when down-sized)

- when going on the thumbnail, it should show a bigger version of it to be able to read faster

- would be great to be able to close windows from there (here you have to open the window and then close the tab)

- too many not shown content (don't know why...)

- when doing CTRL-TAB it should be shown to perform window switching]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#11142008045551AMPSCETY.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:31:56 AM -0500 Martijn de Jong How Many vCard Versions Do You Need? http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/how-many-vcard-versions-do-you-need.htm?opendocument&comments#14-11-2008043156PSCECZ.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:49:05 AM -0500 Keith Smillie Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
One of the drawbacks for me is that most of our Notes apps have a similar corporate 'look'.

When these are thumbnailed there's not much to differentiate between them.]]>
One of the drawbacks for me is that most of our Notes apps have a similar corporate 'look'.

When these are thumbnailed there's not much to differentiate between them.]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#14112008034905PSCDJ8.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:44:44 AM -0500 Peter von Stockel Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
What I really need though, is Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to go from tab to tab. I really, really, really need that.]]>
What I really need though, is Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to go from tab to tab. I really, really, really need that.]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#2008-11-14034444PSCDFM.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:04:25 AM -0500 Michael Bourak Do you use the "Show thumbnails" feature? If no, why not?
- The "Do not ente"r sign need to be nearly never there (screenshot should not require the app to be open so long, I imagine they are perf concerns behing this)

- Screenshots quality should be much much higher, it's nearly imposible to recognize applications

Ctrl-Tab would be cool to add too]]>
- The "Do not ente"r sign need to be nearly never there (screenshot should not require the app to be open so long, I imagine they are perf concerns behing this)

- Screenshots quality should be much much higher, it's nearly imposible to recognize applications

Ctrl-Tab would be cool to add too]]> http://63.172.61.115/NotesDesignBlog/NDBlog.nsf/dx/do-you-use-the-show-thumbnails-button-if-no-why-not.htm?opendocument&comments#14112008020425PSCBGT.htm