Re: [Deskbar] deskbar 2.20 impressions

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

On 25/10/2007, Sebastian Pölsterl <marduk k-d-w org> wrote:

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Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen schrieb:
> 2007/10/25, Nicholas J Kreucher <nick kreucher net>:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I just upgraded from Ubuntu 7.04 (GNOME 2.18) to Ubuntu 7.10 (GNOME
>> 2.20) and have some first impressions about the new deskbar-applet. I
>> fell in love with this applet back in Ubuntu 6.10, and enjoyed watching
>> it evolve. Sadly, with the latest update, I fear my heart is now
>> breaking...
>>
>> ** Entry in panel mode gone!
>> This is extremely disappointing... Besides the fact using a hot-key to
>> access the search entry is totally non-obvious to the new user,
>> accessing the history is a full two clicks away! An extra step for an
>> application that is designed to make life quicker... three full clicks
>> to launch an application from history... same as "Applications" menu. I
>> really, really, really miss the entry in the panel.
>
>
> The entry-in-panel view was a serious pain to maintain (and write in the
> first place). I  am not sure what the plans are to bring it back (sebp?).
> The pain comes from a mix of gtk bugs and general trickiness of focus
> handling.
>
I'm thinking about bringing one of the old UIs back. However, I made no
decision which one will it be, yet.

Then I suggest the button-ui. The entriac is just a nightmare -  but you know I've whined about that focus stuff dozens of times :-)

> ** history very hard to scan visually
>> The old deskbar history use to have specific icons instead of a generic
>> icons. It was very easy to, say, launch Pidgin by looking for that
>> unique purple icon in the history. And twinkle for it's yellow star. Now
>> it is a manual scan for the text among mostly orange icons--major strain
>> on the eyes.
>
>
> I am with you  here. I don't know if this is intended or a bug.
>
See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=476976 for a explanation.

As I also noted in the bug report, the "bug" then might be that the actions does not have the right icons.
 

Cheers,
Mikkel