Re: All GNOME Shell Developers.

[Jason Sauders <roastedtiresx gmail com>]

You speak about the overlay as being something new. This is something 
KDE has had implemented for quite a long time. Not only that, but you 
can customize which corner of the screen (or side of the screen) is the 
"active spot" to activate the overlay when prompted by the mouse 
movement. We don't need to have a KDE vs Gnome discussion, seeing as 
though the beautiful thing about Linux is the ability to choose. But I 
think it's important to note that some of the features I'm seeing in 
Shell are already existent elsewhere.

I like Gnome Shell a lot, but it's not practical to use on a production 
system. I'm one of those extremely click happy quick typing power users 
who just needs to get things done. Ever open a couple applications at a 
time on Gnome Shell? It makes me dizzy. Overlay every single time? 
Really? I love the design of it, but I don't think the overlay should 
need to be activated to do every-single-thing on the system. It may work 
out well for some users, and that's great. Use what suits you. But at 
the end of the day, it just didn't suit me.

Bob Hazard wrote:
> It's actually more useful to someone with only one workspace because
> they tend to have even more overlapping windows.
>
> It only needs one click to switch windows anyway.  The top left corner
> is a big target you can do a very approximate gesture to trigger the
> zoom without clicking.
>
> After a while it becomes second nature and I was surprised that it
> feels very old fashioned to go back to a flat desktop.
>
> Try Docky if you find the transition uncomfortable but it only takes a
> few weeks.
>
> 2009/12/18 Danté Ashton <mentalomega googlemail com>:
>   
> > Hey all.
> >
> > I've been watching GNOME Shell for a while, but there is one problem that I
> > really can't see being resolved.
> >
> > How useful is this to someone who uses one desktop? Just one? Never-mind the
> > other one, or three, or four...
> >
> > Why should I, the user, have to perform three extra clicks just to do what
> > it takes me one to do now?
> >
> > There has been less video/photo material to consume then I could safely make
> > a judgement on, and if the 'one desktop' problem has been addressed and
> > solved, I apologize for taking up your time.
> >
> >
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