Re: New GNOME UI Proposal

[Jeroen Zwartepoorte <Jeroen xs4all nl>]

On 24 Jun 2001 22:26:34 -0700, Jared White wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm very excited to announce that I've drawn up a simple proposal for what
> I'd like to see in a future version of GNOME. A lot of the ideas I came up
> with couldn't be implemented easily, so I'm not even attempting to target
> GNOME 2.0 with this proposal. However, a few ideas might seem to fit in with
> what the GNOME head hunchos are planning, which is the most I can hope for
> at this time.
> 
> Here's the address of the proposal, complete with fake screenshots/mock-ups:
> 
> http://www.jaredwhite.com/ngui/index.html
> 
> A few words: after a friend took a quick look at this, he suggested having,
> instead of or in addition to the "hover arrow", scroll bars on the two
> application panels featured. When you look at the proposal I think you'll
> see what I mean. If not, I'll try to come up with a better explanation.
> 
> Also, I moved the buttons around a bit in the mock-up with the alternative
> position of the Applications Bar -- that's probably not a good idea, but I
> thought maybe different button positions would make the most important
> buttons easier to hit quickly. Again, when you look at the proposal this
> should make sense.
> 
> Anyway, please let me know what you all think. In fact, if you think it
> stinks, I'd like to know that too. Any feedback is good feedback!

Hi,

Doesn't enlightenment look a bit like this?

Personally, i prefer the ximian gnome look with a taskbar at the bottom
and an application bar at the top.

What aspects of your design aren't technically possible with todays
gnome?

Jeroen