Re: Why Favorites are not on the top bar?

[Ryan Peters <sloshy45 sbcglobal net>]

On 05/06/2011 08:46 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Since top bar still exists, and the place where icons used to be
> now is not used for anything, what about making it possible
> to have Favorites *there*
There are a lot of different screen sizes; some are big and some are 
very small. GNOME 3 wants to be usable on a wide variety of screens, so 
the top bar is not "user-owned", but instead "system-owned". This is 
much easier to manage from a developer's standpoint (less odd bugs, 
simpler to code, etc.), and it also gives GNOME 3 a consistent visual 
identity, making support much easier.

Also, GNOME 2 had an annoying problem where you had to manually position 
every widget that wasn't placed by default. GNOME 3, by having a static 
top panel that's system-owned, fixes this problem. In addition, the top 
bar is extremely tiny. The dock for the favorites list is just as fast 
to reach (especially if you use the Windows/Super key) and it's easier 
to click, especially with a low-precision input device like a laptop 
touch pad, or even on a touch-screen device like an iPad.