> 2010/1/17 Joern Konopka <
cldx3000 googlemail com>
> Hi All, i hope i did everthing right considered this is my
> first Mailing List Answer EVER, but i just wanted to lose some
> words about the Live Wallpapers.
>
>
> Im not gonna delve into the discussion about Nautilus drawing
> the Icons since its quite a Topic for itself.
>
>
> I think implementing Live Wallpapers at this point of
> gnome-shell development is just too much to ask for honestly,
> it might look nice at first sight but we really should focus
> on more important stuff right now like f.e. getting an
> Extension System rolled out, have some Customization Options
> integrated into the Shell for switching the Black Look to
> something more personalized (some people love a pink or blue
> background, simple as that), make the new Notifier System
> really usable (in a PRODUCTIVE way), have good Zeitgeist
> Integration thats really giving User advantages while browsing
> Recent Files, have more Keyboard Actions for the Shell so
> people wont have to click on pretty much everything and so on
> and so on, i could point out a list of maybe 50 features and
> the Live Wallpapers would be way below that list.
>
>
> Im not saying it totally sucks, maybe some people will
> actually like it, but we should focus on giving everybody a
> good Working Experience for the Everday Tasks before we start
> thinking about Features that exist mainly for Eyecandy.
>
>
>
> I wish I didn't, but I agree with that. Gnome-Shell (and Gnome 3 in
> general) should be functional before it's pretty.
>
>
> The problem with that, if Gnome 2 is anything to go by, is the
> developer attention may never go to making it all look
> sexy, especially not in terms of additional features rather than just
> changing the colours. For example, we still don't have global support
> for transparency in GTK.
>
> --
> Sam Illingworth
> Sent from London, Eng, United Kingdom
