Re: Fallback / Classic Mode

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Brian Cameron wrote:
> Allan:
> 
> On 03/18/11 04:28 AM, Allan Day wrote:
> > The message, as Olav has already pointed out, is
> > that it is 'fallback', not 'classic' GNOME. It's what you get if you are
> > unlucky enough not to be able to run the full GNOME 3 desktop. It isn't
> > intended as something that users choose to use.
> >
> > (There is a switch in the control center that lets you force the
> > fallback mode, however.)
> 
> I can imagine some situations where a user would want to choose
> 'fallback' mode.  For example, when accessing a remote machine via
> XDMCP or Xvnc, users would likely find that 'fallback' GNOME performs
> better - especially if latency is high.  If my home directory is shared
> between the remote and local machine, I might want to use GNOME 3 on my
> local machine, but use "fallback" GNOME when I log into remote machines.
> 
> I get your point that for the "average" or "typical" user, it probably
> does not make sense to expose the fallback/classic mode.  However, there
> will likely always be particular configurations or setups where it makes
> sense for people to use it.  Unless GNOME is evolving to simply just not
> support these sorts of use cases anymore.

In terms of marketing, I'm not sure it makes sense to be targeting these
kinds of users right now. In the longer term, it would be useful to see
wider discussion about GNOME's approach to these kinds of technical
environments.

Best wishes,

Allan
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