Re: new layout branch

[Florian Müllner <fmuellner gnome org>]

On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 11:41 +0000, kaddy080 gmail com wrote:
> Adding workspaces as you would know does not show all virtual desktops
> in overview mode like it use to.........
> is this going to change? or is this how it is going to be in the
> final?

It will change - see the mockups at
http://jimmac.musichall.cz/log/?p=1126


> Not much right click support in top panel? is there going to be any
> feature to rightclick panel and customise it in any way?

No, at least not like gnome-panel. Functionality can be added with
extensions, and themes can change the appearance.

There's currently no user-friendly way for doing either of those, and it
likely will not be implemented in the 3.0 time frame (I am referring to
a UI, the features itself are implemented).


> The left Dock widget for favourites gets really small as you add more
> programs....(really looks ugly)
> Any plans for that? btw, a nice little animation for the dock would be
> beatiful ;)

Yes, the dash will be improved in the following weeks - both on the
inside (efficiency) and outside (appearance).


> I've seen this mentioned, but the System settings is all squished and
> you can't open it properly

This is a GTK+ bug in GtkIconView. It is not supposed to look like that,
but the problem is not trivial (I've been told ...)


> I've seen a demo where there was categories when in
> overview/applications mode for eg: games, internet etc.... but is is
> not in the latest git build? 
> whats the go with that? It would be great if the categories for
> applications was implemented

There is a patch in bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631537


> Just a personal dislike.... but when in overview/applications mode....
> the applications box list only stretches to about 3quarters of the
> screen (to the right) doesn't look quite right... will it be
> stretched?

No. The extra spacing was added by the designers to emulate the filter
list - once the patch mentioned above lands, the spacing will look
right :-)


> And another personal dislike.... an open application shows a big ugly
> icon on the top panel with the name off the app in big letters across
> the panel.... any plans to improve the look of that?

None that I'm aware of. There will be work on the menu's content, but I
haven't heard much criticism on the looks so far.
(Just in case you are using an RTL locale - it is not displayed as
intended there and will be fixed)


Florian