Re: GNOME Mobile release notes

[Esben Stien <b0ef esben-stien name>]

Jim Gettys <jg laptop org> writes:

> It is insane to think that "one size" will fit all with the
> different screen sizes, for all values of gnome tools and
> applications.

Right, but with some minor tweaks, case in point, the gnome panel,
should work just fine.

> Some of these issues are best worked by replacement components

Some are, of course, but not the panel. I also think that a gnome
screen saver that works with touch screens is not a specific
domain. Very soon large flat panel displays will be touch screens, so
this is a general issue; it just first hit the mobile camp.

> The panel is probably one of these, and for which there are
> (possibly adequate, possible inadequate) alternatives.

Well, I want my gnome panel. If the gnome panel can't display icons
instead of text, then that is just simply a bug that needs to be
fixed. If this is too hard, then the whole gnome panel is so badly
written that it should be abandoned for all platforms. I don't believe
that gnoeme-panel is that badly engineered, so this is simply a
feature that we need. 

> Thankfully things are modular enough that such replacements are
> possible. 

You want to replace gnome-panel because it can't display icons?. 

> before complaining about a particular component, the first question
> should be: does it make sense to use want to use that component in
> that context?

I certainly think it does. When running a device like the neo
freerunner, a normal day to day situation is displaying an app that is
usable with fingers and you can launch different applications and
such, but this shouldn't hide the fact that it's just an
application. If you minimize this window, what you have is a desktop,
the welcoming friendly gnome desktop.

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