Re: Gnome support? we don´t need no stinking support!

[Richard Evans <richard evans datanomic com>]

I can see your point. But think of a Windows 7 user - they have a 
'Start' menu, a quick launch toolbar, a task bar for window switching 
and a systray always available.  As far as I can see none of these are 
immediately visible in the Gnome 3 shell.  So it could be as confusing 
an experience as with previous Gnome versions.

I suppose I am a power Unix user and can't do what I want easily in the 
Gnome shell.  I was seriously thinking of ugrading to Fedora 15, now I'm 
not at all sure.


-------- Original Message --------
> Personally though I think Gnome 3 is going to be much easier for Windows
> converts to grasp, I think they had an tendency to find all the applets
> and the workspace switcher in 2, too confusing.
>
> I also think that the new way of switching between windows is far better
> if you have lots of windows open - in which case the switcher bar in
> Gnome 2 just became a hideous mess of far too many tiny buttons, which
> you couldnt distinguish between without hovering your mouse over each
> one and reading the tooltip to see which one was for what window.
>
> If youve only got a handful of windows open you can just move one to the
> side and click the other without having to goto 'Activities', and even
> when you do need to, a single press of the Windows key saves you having
> to move the mouse to it.
>
> Maybe its just my zen minimalist ideal but Im glad the applets have gone
> -- too much 'junk' which had the potential to confuse newbies. Like
> Dashboard in Mac OS X - out of all the Mac users I know, and I know a
> lot, no one uses it, and many are confused by its presence.
>
> I guess it depends what you want - a power Unix user style workstation
> or something which has the potential to attract average Windows
> consumers who still throw a fit if you put a PC in front of them which
> isnt running something made by Microsoft.
>
> Personally Im happy to see Gnome going after the latter, others will
> have different ideals of course, but mine is a world where Linux is a
> true desktop contender for the average Joe.
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