Introducing preview of xfdashboard - a "gnome shell"-like dashboard for xfce

[Stephan Haller]

Hi,

Sorry, I cannot provide a screencast. I never have done this before ;)

But what I can do is to write down a quick'n'dirty guide with
screenshots :)

Just go to http://gmc-holle.github.io/xfdashboard/

Greetings,
Stephan

Am Mittwoch, den 27.11.2013, 14:05 +0100 schrieb jEsuSdA 8):
> El 27/11/13 13:18, Stephan Haller escribió:
> > Hi @all,
> >
> >
> > Nearly since one and a half years I'm a so called "gnome3 refugee" and
> > switched over to xfce completely ;) Before I always looked at xfce every
> > now and then to see the improvements. But one thing I'm missing and
> > that's the way how window switching and application launching is done in
> > Gnome Shell of Gnome 3.
> >
> > So I decided to try if I can rewrite it and make it fit into xfce. The
> > project is called "xfdashboard". It's not the best name but it was first
> > one coming into my mind ;)  Now I reached the point where the
> > application is still neither complete nor finished nor nice-looking but
> > in an usable state. You can switch between the windows of current
> > workspace, start application from the quicklaunch bar at the left, add
> > or remove new applications to quicklaunch bar by drag'n'drop and search
> > for applications by just typing the application's display name,
> > description or command.
> >
> > I was encouraged to show it to a wider public audience so I created a
> > preview tarball which can be downloaded at:
> > https://github.com/gmc-holle/xfdashboard/releases/tag/v0.0.1-alpha_20131125
> >
> > To build xfdashboard the following libraries and headers (-dev packages)
> > have to be installed:
> >
> > libwnck >= 2.10
> > clutter >= 1.12
> > glib >= 2.30.3
> > gio >= 2.30.3
> > gio-unix-2.0 >= 2.30.3
> > xfconf >= 4.10.0
> > dbus-glib >= 0.98
> >
> > To use xfdashboard I advice to define an application shortcut in
> > Settings -> Keyboard like <Super>+<Tab> which calls "xfdashboard".
> >
> > Although it is working and usable for me and might crash on your
> > workstation. One issue I know about is one machine using OSS driver
> > nouveau (for nvidia graphics adapter) has broken textures sometimes
> > rendering the application unusable.
> >
> > You're welcome for any kind of feedback.
> >
> > The project's page itself is located at:
> > https://github.com/gmc-holle/xfdashboard
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stephan
> >
> 
> Hi Stephan!
> 
> Can you show some screenshots o screencast, please?
> 
> Thank you! ;)
> 
> Salu2 de jEsuSdA 8)
> 
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Stephan Haller

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