Re: GNOME 2.0 Must Fix Item #1b

[nils <n p sun com>]

Kevin Vandersloot wrote:

> Okay, here is the first draft for the first must-fix item. Nils is
> taking care of the rest of this must-fix item. Let me know if I forgot
> something or something seems wrong, especially the default panel stuff.
> I think we need to discuss that some more.
>
> GNOME 2.0 UI Must Fix Item #1b- Panel, General Desktop Interaction
>
> Default Panel / Applets
>
> * Similar to Ximian GNOME 1.4 setup.
> * Two panels - Foobar on top, edge panel (tiny- 24 pixels) on bottom.
> * Foobar is place to put launchers / random applets (vendor specific).
> For vanilla GNOME probably it's best just to have launchers for a web
> browser and evolution.
> * Edge panel contains tasklist (it would be nice if tasklist could fill
> available space) and possibly desk-guide.

The proposal for the menu structure is at:
http://www242.pair.com/nilsp/nils/panel/menus.html


A very rough  proposal for a menu/panel editing dohickey is at:
http://www242.pair.com/nilsp/nils/editor/editor_hci_spec.html


>
>
> Application Feedback
>
> * Must provide some feedback of any form for launcing applications from
> panel / run dialog.
> * Nautilus should provide feedback for launching applications and
> opening new windows (especially from the desktop).
> * Feedbacks should behave the same for the two - same cursor, etc.
>
> Kevin
>
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