Re: Just another Feedback Post

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Christoph Hack <christoph tux21b org> wrote:
> Dear Gnome Shell Team!
>
> I started trying out gnome-shell via jhbuild the day before yesterday
> and I am deeply impressed! Well done!
>
> The things I like most are the new automatic workspace management, the
> notification system, the maximize (half) function per DnD, single
> instances per default and a few more features. :)
>
> Even going through the activities overview when switching windows starts
> to makes sense now. First I liked it, then on the next day I was a bit
> annoyed, but now I think I have already adapted to the less distracting
> working habit. Hopefully the new notification system will finally bring
> the remaining constant window switching habit to an end once the
> applications are starting to use it.
>
> So, and here comes the list of things I don't currently like:
>
> (1) Currently the most annoying thing is when I try to click on an Icon
> in the bottom notification bar. Let's say "Banshee". Whenever my mouse
> pointer reaches the icon, the icon moves away and the title of the
> Application (in that case "Banshee") appears beside it. Unfortunately, I
> can't simply click on the text (that took me some time to find out, first
> I just thought the system isn't always reacting), so I have to start
> chasing the small icon... Please change that :)

This is bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630842. The fix
will land before code freeze.

> (2) When I click to adjust the volume bar in the system panel, the audio
> "bubble" stays open, so I can re-adjust it and so on, which is good. But
> when I click on "Bluetooth on/off" the bubble closes immediately, so I
> can't see the button toggling its state (Have i hit the correct entry?)
> and I can't change additional options like "Bluetooth Visibility on/off".
> Imho all those "bubbles" should stay open until I click somewhere else.

It's been talked about, gcampax should be able to give more information.

> (3) Pressing Strg+Alt+Tab in the overview to gain keyboard support is not
> very intuitive and the combination is hard to type.
>
> (4) Switching open windows by name (by hitting <Super_L>, typing
> "Terminal" or "Chrome" and pressing <Enter>) is nearly unusable on my
> small Eee (Atom CPU) since the search feature takes quite long to react,
> blocking the whole workflow.

This is due to icons taking so long to load, and the biggest workflow
breaker for me right now. Not sure if there is going to be a fix
before gnome3 is released, but I hope so.

> (5) The fonts in the shell theme are far too big. I've changed the font
> settings on my Eee to 78 dpi, but the shell fonts aren't affected so they
> are now twice as big (felt sense) as the application fonts. There is
> already a bug report with patches, so please integrate it.
>
> (6) The gnome-terminal (and maybe other transparent windows) has only an
> transparent background when its fully maximized and a solid one when it's
> in normal mode or maximized to only one half of the screen. Bug or
> intention?

Sounds like https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635268

> So, that's all. Keep up the good work!
>
> Regards,
> Christoph
>
>
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