Re: some thoughts on gnome shell

["Grizzly(Francis Smit)" <grizzly smit id au>]

On 01/08/10 01:26, Ryan Peters wrote:
> Hello Francis,
>
> On 07/31/2010 12:50 AM, Grizzly(Francis Smit) wrote:
> > 1). the menus are a pain if you don't know the name of what ur 
> > looking for, u cannot browse
> I'm pretty sure this is the case for every operating system once you 
> first use it. Exactly which menu are you talking about? Applications 
> menu, clock preferences menu, user menu...? Note that GNOME Shell will 
> look much different 
> <http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-design/plain/mockups/static/overview-application-picker.png> 
> in the future, and the menus you find hard to navigate (in this 
> example, the applications menu) will be much easier to navigate.
ok that looks much better how soon will I be able to play with this :-P
> > 2). and theres no where to put my short cut links, in normal gnome I 
> > have 4 panels top bottom and each side top and sides have lots of 
> > quick launch launchers i.e. icons and some applets, I love applets 
> > bottom is my taskbar I love that two I hate the taskbar
> The application switcher lets you have "favorite" applications. This 
> is much more space-saving than quick-launch links because it only pops 
> up when you need it to and it gives you much more vertical screen 
> space. If you require launchers like that, try launching something 
> like DockbarX in standalone mode, using Docky/AWN/Cairo Dock, or some 
> other solution that can run independently of the panel.
> > which brings me to
> > 3). no taskbar I need my taskbar switching apps in gnome-shell sux
> The Application switcher is actually much more efficient than a 
> standard panel-based application switcher. Applications are grouped 
> and it's easy to find specific windows if you have many open. As I 
> said earlier, independent "dock-style" programs could help your 
> apparent need for an always-visible application switcher.
ok I'll try some of those again, but I'm turned off when people describe 
these things as being like Mac OS X as I find that system repulsive, as 
far as I'm concerned OS X is the ugliest desktop I have ever seen


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