Re: Gnome objectives

["Allan E. Registos" <allan registos smpc steniel com ph>]

Hello,

>The task bar doesn't exist. Anyway, take a look at the overview-relayout
>branch to get an impression on how the overview mode will look in the
>final GNOME Shell.

I will try to keep an open eye of the development. Jhbuild build on Fedora 14 failed, so I am forced to install the distro's GNOME Shell preview package.

>Let's be honest, we tried to copy the MS Windows experience for ten
>years now without getting any real market share.

The copying is inevitable. If you mean desktop market, then:

I believe the real reason desktop Linux/ have no significant market share is not due to DE, but of applications. 

Cheers,

Allan

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From: "Johannes Schmid" <jhs jsschmid de>
To: "dE ." <de techno gmail com>
Cc: gnome-shell-list gnome org
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 4:06:04 PM
Subject: Re: Gnome objectives

Hi!

> So, I've this mutter window manager running right now with this pretty
> looking interface around... but where do I start?... where's the
> desktop where's my computer... and most importantly, where's the
> taskbar? To explicitly state if a corporate or someone similar is
> greeted with such a UI like gnome-shell, he'll drop it completely
> saying he wants Windows back.
> In contrast to Gnome 2, you don't even need to train for the new UI
> (of gnome 2)... it's so obvious and easy.

Let's be honest, we tried to copy the MS Windows experience for ten
years now without getting any real market share. What's the point in
continuing it. Do you thing the iPhone was successfull because it was
like all the other smartphones? No, it was because it had a new and
clever concept.

> Most people wanna switch between their windows with minimal effort and not -
> 1) Move the mouse to the left
> 2) "Guess" which one of the pictures is representing the task bar...
> in fact he'll think the task bar doesn't exist.
> 3) Move around the tiny task bar to select your one of the
> applications which might be running on another desktop.

The task bar doesn't exist. Anyway, take a look at the overview-relayout
branch to get an impression on how the overview mode will look in the
final GNOME Shell.

> Let's look at the application menu now. The applications are arranged
> as if it's a classifieds without any grouping at all... I have to hunt
> around for my favorite application in it.

This is a known issue and will be fixed until the final version arrives.

> I hope the composting can be turned off for low hardware (I've talking
> about 512 MB ram and a celeron class processor)

Compositing is a key-part for the usuability concept and as such cannot
be turned off. Gnome-Shell will work on any hardware sold in the last 5
years (with Intel, Nvidia or ATI/AMD graphics). RAM is certainly not a
problem, neither is cpu speed in general as long as there is some kind
of supported GPU.

Regards,
Johannes

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