Putting an end to wasted display area, gnome 3.0 style.

[Merk42]

Or you could just modify GNOME to have a more *GASP* Windows layout, which saves as much room, and doesn't require reinventing the wheel.

[smartboyathome]

I believe what he wants is a change in the way window managers behave so you'd be able to adjust things this way if that's what you wanted.

This doesn't necessarily need to be Ubuntu's / Gnome's default view, but rather a new option.

It would take more than just modifying a window manager. Window managers are separate from the toolkits, and thus, they would have to be merged, meaning more complications and more bugs.

[YetAnotherNoob]

On a completely unrelated note...I thought I should correct your japanese (in the screenshot)

わたしわnerdです。

is incorrect it should be:
わたしはnerdです。

or better yet:
私はおたくです。

[Ioky]

I like the idea, and I like it looks pretty good indee, the only thing I think is a bit problemic is the title of the window. Imagine, you are a graphic designer or any kind of editor that need like 10 windows open at the same time, and when they behind each other all you see is an icon and file edit view and ..... That will seem annoy, Good work though,

[st0n3cutt3r]

On a completely unrelated note...I thought I should correct your japanese (in the screenshot)

わたしわnerdです。

is incorrect it should be:
わたしはnerdです。

or better yet:
私はおたくです。

Beat me to it!

On topic: For future reference, I think that you should avoid having a maximized window in your mockups, because there's so much information in that iGoogle tab, for example, that it took me several minutes to realize what you were trying to illustrate.

A better example would have a couple of windows on screen, with the selected window's title in the top bar as you have it, but without anything so large and distracting that it is not immediately obvious what your goal is.

[ethana2]

On a completely unrelated note...I thought I should correct your japanese (in the screenshot)

わたしわnerdです。

is incorrect it should be:
わたしはnerdです。

or better yet:
私はおたくです。

Yes, I have been made aware of that. I have also withdrawn from my japanese course. (lojban, here I come.)

[ethana2]

By the way, Loky, you could put the window title wherever the heck you want. Again, this is only /one/ out of a nearly infinite set of gui possibilities.

[MNICY]

As for the grab bar, i think having the option to hide it would be nice.
If you would prefer to ALT-click on the window, then that totaly removes the need.

[tdrusk]

That reminds me too much of XFCE

[ethana2]

MNICY: Yeah, that's probably how I'd do it. One hand on the keyboard, one hand on the mouse during intense usage..

Sometimes, though, I like to just use one hand to navigate the GUI, so I'd probably use both options at different times..
Whatever, to each his own. Some people like it just how it is. All I know is that right now, gnome is incapable of letting me configure my GUI how I want it.