Unity Coverflow view to land in Ubuntu 12.04 if design parameters are satisfied
A new eyecandy view is to probably be integrated into Unity, named Coverflow, a fancy draggable 3D icon view, that is to, on-demand, expose Dash's icons in an horizontal view, easily manageable by drag and scroll.
This totally interesting, fancy addition, Unity Coverflow, has been "conditionally approved", and, is to probably be included in Ubuntu 12.04 if it meets certain design-based parameters (according to Ubuntu's John Lea):
- increased icon size in the music and video lens (probably a new default lens)
- fast crossfade used when switching between the Coverflow states ON/OFF
- visual indication of keyboard focus
- ability to drag & drop an icon from the Coverflow view to the launcher/outside the Dash
- blurred background effect to the Coverflow view
- bounce effect when the scrolling reaches the end (there are no more icons in that particular displayed category)
- when the icons are dragged, Ayatana Overlay Scrollbar (without the thumb) should be summoned (probably to indicate the icon position related to how long the list is)
- various improvements
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