Re: Suggestions.

[Jason Sauders <roastedtiresx gmail com>]

Ryan Peters wrote:
> On 03/31/2010 11:11 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 09:39 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote:
> >
> >   
> > > The last time I checked, most people didn't care about workspaces, and
> > > restricting the shell to only show one desktop at a time in the
> > > overlay makes sense because it's easier to see all of your
> > > applications (especially on something like a netbook). I like the grid
> > > view more personally, of course, but that's only because I like using
> > > multiple workspaces at once, which most people don't do. Showing a
> > > giant grid at start would only scare new users (like my mother, which
> > > only needs a computer for Picasa, Gwibber, and Facebook) and giving
> > > them too much immediate functionality isn't a good idea. The more
> > > simple we make Gnome-Shell appear, the better. Of course, the grid
> > > option is always there if you like it and it's just one click to turn
> > > on ;)
> > >      
> > I thought part of the motivation for the shell was making workspaces a
> > more obvious and dynamic feature.
> >
> > If one doesn't use more than one workspace even with the shell, why
> > should there be a difference between a grid with only 1 space or a
> > "flat" view, aside of a means to add a workspace?
> >
> >
> >    
> The other workspaces are still visible, but with a scroll-bar. People 
> like myself use many workspaces at once for organization, but most 
> people will probably only use 1 or 2 workspaces. Plus, with the 
> single-workspace-at-a-time view, there's less zooming, making people 
> less dizzy. I do see your point though that the grid view would also 
> be a good default, but it's not a huge difference... is it?

Are we on the same page? I'm talking about when we go to the overview 
mode and we click on the Applications menu to launch new applications. 
I'm not talking about currently running applications that you see the 
"thumbnails" for that you can scroll in/out on. Before when we clicked 
Applications to select a new app to open, it used to be single file one 
vertical line and not 5 to a row like it is now. I am much more in favor 
of the old way Applications were displayed in that menu than the grid 
way it is now.

But about the dock idea, I just don't know... I just don't see how it 
makes sense to use Gnome Shell without something like that. So many 
people I speak to who use Gnome Shell use Docky. And while Docky is 
great, I feel like it's kind of a serious -1 to Gnome Shell to have that 
"incomplete" user interface feeling. At least with Gnome 2.X, I can 
delete the panel and add a dock as I wish. But the panel is there. It 
works. It's user friendly. But if my taste is in docks, I can add one.

And sure, I could just add Docky and shut up and be done about it, 
right? My problem with that idea is the fact that the notification 
system (when activated) takes up the bottom portion of the screen. Even 
with huge Docky icons, whatever the notification system covers is 
un-clickable in the dock. That's why I think the space in the top panel 
could be better utilized for a dock-like window switcher. It'd be such 
an intuitive thing to incorporate a feature like that with Gnome Shell.


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