Re: Suggestion: Make a dock from application icons in overview

2010-12-08 Thread Stefano Facchini
Hi, I'm trying to use gnome-shell without docky/taskbar, just with the exposé and the alt-tab. I must admit that I'm beginnig to feel more and more comfortable without dock, the screen is less cluttered and visually simple. But still I think that there should be a quick way to switch applications

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Johannes Schmid
Hi! Was gonna be of the gnome applets in Gnome 3 (aka gnome-shell new based new desktop) ? or how can I mimic the functionality ? you know little programs staying there visible for the user and easy to access. Applets (or whatever that is called) are not part of the gnome-shell design so

Re: Build Successful but cannot run

2010-12-08 Thread Johannes Schmid
Hi! Window manager warning: Log level 16: specified class size for type `MetaFrames' is smaller than the parent type's `GtkWindow' class size Window manager warning: Log level 8: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed Window manager warning: Log level 8:

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 13:05 +0100, Johannes Schmid wrote: Until now there hasn't been any advice for things that should be easy to access and are not part of the shell. Actually, the answer is more or less that there shouldn't be anything that cannot be implemented by notifications and is not

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Johannes Schmid
Hi! (Note: I am not a designer...) One of the ones I really miss is weather, which was part of the clock in GNOME 2. The clock's part of the shell in GNOME 3. I think you can see where I'm going with this ;) I don't see this at http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/DateNTime

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Allan E. Registos
Weather updates must be visible all the time in the desktop, it is up to the designers of where to put the thing. Because for some users, it is _critically_ important to be updated of the weather condition in their respective areas. Cheers, Allan E. Registos - Original Message -

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 19:43 -0500, William Jon McCann wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Allan E. Registos allan.regis...@smpc.steniel.com.ph wrote: Weather updates must be visible all the time in the desktop, it is up to the designers of where to put the thing. Because for some users,

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 19:43 -0500, William Jon McCann wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Allan E. Registos allan.regis...@smpc.steniel.com.ph wrote: Weather updates must be visible all the time in the desktop, it is up to the designers of where to put the thing. Because for some users,

Aisleriot submenu

2010-12-08 Thread Timothy S. Nelson
Hi all. The Aisleriot Solitaire program has 70 different solitaire games in it, including Freecell and Klondike (aka normal solitaire). I sent this message to the gnome-games list: Might it be useful to have the Aisleriot Solitaire item on the Gnome menus be a submenu instead,

Re: Gnome Applets

2010-12-08 Thread Erick Pérez Castellanos
Ok, I know applets as they are won’t exist but I mean a way of give the user/developer the chance of present some info or capabilities with most of all ease of access. I mean something like gnome-shell extensions, but so far I read nothing about it, not a smaple, not nothing, so could that be