Re: Shell vs. Menus for 2.18

[Rob Bradford <rob robster org uk>]

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 22:22 +0000, Thomas Wood wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm sure you're all aware about the various issues that have been raised
> on other mailing lists about the new control center shell.
> 
> Personally, I think the most important problems are the usability and 
> accessibility regressions that it introduces. Some of these are simple 
> problems, such as it using the incorrect theme colours to draw text. 
> However, some of them are more difficult problems, such as when it 
> becomes virtually impossible to use with large fonts sizes. Not to 
> mention there has not been a proper HIG review of it.

These are very important problems. And many people have expressed
concern over the UI churn that such radical change has.

It would be nice if there was a complete HIG review and that the style
of the shell fitted with the overall style of UI.

> Although I would prefer the idea of having a single window to access 
> preferences, I don't think the current shell is yet up to the standard 
> and quality that we expect from our GNOME desktop.

Yes, indeed. It's not the principle that's the problem. At the moment I
think it is the implementation (with libslab) that is the problem.
Ideally such a 'shell' would have a UI that is more closely tied to the
current GNOME look and feel and theming. Also the performance of the
shell is pretty rough.

I know this is late in the cycle but please revert to menus by default.

Cheers,

Rob
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Rob Bradford <rob robster org uk>