Re: Fallback / Classic Mode

[Alberto Ruiz <aruiz gnome org>]

Hello Allan,

I'm actually quite worried about this use case and the impact that 3.0
can have on them. Yes, corporate desktop is not the primary target for
GNOME 3.0, but it is our largest install base by a long shot (schools,
corporations, public entities, universities...). I think there's some
thinking to do in terms of messaging in this specific topic to not
scare these users away.

Note that if sysadmins feel that we are going to give up on them, they
may start looking into alternatives. We need to be clear that we want
them to stick to 2.x/classic for now and that we are going to think
about them in future releases.

My 2 cents,
Alberto

2011/3/21 Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>:
> Brian Cameron wrote:
> > Allan:
> >
> > On 03/18/11 04:28 AM, Allan Day wrote:
> > > The message, as Olav has already pointed out, is
> > > that it is 'fallback', not 'classic' GNOME. It's what you get if you are
> > > unlucky enough not to be able to run the full GNOME 3 desktop. It isn't
> > > intended as something that users choose to use.
> > >
> > > (There is a switch in the control center that lets you force the
> > > fallback mode, however.)
> >
> > I can imagine some situations where a user would want to choose
> > 'fallback' mode.  For example, when accessing a remote machine via
> > XDMCP or Xvnc, users would likely find that 'fallback' GNOME performs
> > better - especially if latency is high.  If my home directory is shared
> > between the remote and local machine, I might want to use GNOME 3 on my
> > local machine, but use "fallback" GNOME when I log into remote machines.
> >
> > I get your point that for the "average" or "typical" user, it probably
> > does not make sense to expose the fallback/classic mode.  However, there
> > will likely always be particular configurations or setups where it makes
> > sense for people to use it.  Unless GNOME is evolving to simply just not
> > support these sorts of use cases anymore.
>
> In terms of marketing, I'm not sure it makes sense to be targeting these
> kinds of users right now. In the longer term, it would be useful to see
> wider discussion about GNOME's approach to these kinds of technical
> environments.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Allan
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-- 
Un saludo,
Alberto Ruiz