On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 16:21 -0400, Jeremy Perry wrote: > Thanks Marina, Jon and the rest of the desktop team for your > thoughtful feedback on the previous mockups. I've finally posted some > new stuff based on this, hope you enjoy. > > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/DesignerPlayground/AppBrowsingAlternative02 > > The earlier iteration is linked at the top of that page as well. > > - Jeremy Wow, those mockups are absolutely fantastic! Random few cents-worth from me: * This could do with a solid way for items in the overlay to demand attention. For example, if a new device is attached or a file downloaded (thus adding to the Downloads place) it would make sense for that item to be highlighted (and to look pretty in the process). * I love the "Get more games" idea. Having GNOME closer to package management is a wonderful thing. How about throwing menu editing in there, too? Maybe a "remove reference" and "uninstall application" button could be added to the the Info view for an application. * I love the file browsing stuff, but this is starting to tread into existing file manager territory. That could lead to some ugly things appearing if it isn't thought through completely. Now don't get me wrong, I like having file management in this view since it makes matters more streamlined and more organized (and the mockup at least looks awesome). It definitely needs to be consistently functional; not a special case for Recent Documents, but happening for any directory opened from the overlay, including Places and Devices. There needs to be a way to detach gnome-shell's built in file browser into a specific workspace as its own window. * With the Details view in mind, I now really hope that Nautilus does not make it through 3.0 without some serious revision. The two need to blend together nicely and share components until they are inseparable or you'll end up with some horrifying redundancy. Slightly less important: Save to Places in the search results view feels to me like "Save selected file to Places," which it of course is not. Bye, Dylan
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