Re: My gripes with Gnome Shell

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

> > Also, for email, the accounts can be setup in the control panel as
> > an online account. If an account is setup through there, then it 
> > would certainly be nice to have GOA or something trigger 
> > notifications for these accounts if an app is not open.

Does that not happen?  I am fairly certain that calendar & task data
for GOA accounts is actually serviced by an Evolution process.  What
other data would drive notification?

> You also don't get it and answer to the problem very, very partially.
> The need is more global, what about other applications ?

That is the question "what about them?";  that's what I don't get.

> Your replies seem to confirm that you don't understand or care about
> some use cases.
> Again, Gnome plays nice if you use Gmail, supported cloud services
> and most of your apps are web-based, so that most of the time you
> have only a browser and maybe a terminal open.

Sorry, this mistake of assumption is on you.  I have half a dozen
applications open in multiple workspaces across multiple monitors - all
day.  And I don't use Gmail.

> I gave several applications other than an e-mail client as examples.
> What will you do for them ?

The question is - what do you want done with applications in the
background?  They are in the background;  there is zero reason for me
to care about them until (a) I need them or (b) they need me.

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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA