We want task bar back. Pretty please.

[Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk redhat com>]

I just installed F15 (Rawhide). It uses Gnome 3.

I resisted the temptation to switch to Fallback mode, because
quick googling showed me that Fallback mode will be phased out
in not-so-distant future. Therefore I am using the new interface.

My general impression as a user is negative.
A lot of things have changed for no apparent reason, even those
things which worked just fine. Why?

To facilitate a more productive discussion, I will limit my
rants^W feedback to one per email. So, here it goes:

			Where is the task bar?

I am one of those guys who likes to see the bar with all running apps,
so that I can find out what runs and what doesn't by simply looking at
it, without any clicking and/or mouse movement. Alt-Tabbing or
go-to-upper-left-corner'ing is a usability regression for me.

I do understand that some people don't find it that important/useful,
and they consider task bar removal a good thing which freed a bit
of screen real estate.

However, I am sure I am not alone. There are people who like the task
bar.

Since limiting the interface to only one of these choices will make
a fraction of user population unhappy, and (I presume) Gnome wants
to have a wide user base rather than narrow one, I propose to bring it
back from the dead, but make optional.

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vda