Re: Shell vs. Menus for 2.18

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 22:22 +0000, Thomas Wood wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm sure you're all aware about the various issues that have been raised
> on other mailing lists about the new control center shell.
> 
> Personally, I think the most important problems are the usability and 
> accessibility regressions that it introduces. Some of these are simple 
> problems, such as it using the incorrect theme colours to draw text. 
> However, some of them are more difficult problems, such as when it 
> becomes virtually impossible to use with large fonts sizes. Not to 
> mention there has not been a proper HIG review of it.
> 
> Unfortunately, most of these issues lie in libslab, and I don't see many 
> of them being fixed before the 2.18 release. Therefore, I would like to 
> suggest that for 2.18 we use the menu system as default, and leave the 
> shell as optional. I know many people have worked hard on getting 
> various bits of the shell ready, but I don't think this is effort gone 
> to waste.
> 
> Although I would prefer the idea of having a single window to access 
> preferences, I don't think the current shell is yet up to the standard 
> and quality that we expect from our GNOME desktop.
> 
as talked on #control-center, I am ok with reverting to the old menu,
but let's try to come up with fixes for the issues, and if we can't,
let's revert before the final 2.18.0, ok?

Calum, if you're listening, we need you (or someone with a11y knowledge)
to have a look at the a11y related bugs of the new shell :-)
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>