On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 11:23 +0200, Luca Ferretti wrote: > > The default panel layout in GNOME looks like some inane mix of Mac > > OS and Windows, and has been a point of confusion for many people > > switching over. > > But there are also long time GNOME users that are fine with current > panel menu applet. Myself for example. Or my sister. > > Or Martin Eidestig :-)
Jeez! :) I was not vehemently defending the current panel menu layout. Can it be improved? Sure. Is it useful to compare it to what's in OS X? I doubt it. If the goal was to clone I guess it's a spectacular failure. (I say guess because I haven't used OS X enough to remember what's in it.) And I guess the same goes for slab with relation to the windows start menu. > > The significance of how > > much it is like, or unlike, a similar specific interface on Windows or > > Mac OS, is that we need to define our target audience. Without a target, > > we can't reasonably say what is truly best for the desktop. > > Our target is 10x10, isn't it? :-) 10% of what though? I don't know if personas is the right answer but Havoc sent out a mail almost 4 years ago talking about it: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2002-December/msg00482.html > Should GNOME include slab? IMHO, yes, while there are some relevant > stuff that should be fixed or rearranged IMHO (see below) > > Should GNOME switch to slab and dump current panel menu applet? IMHO, > no. I don't know what could be the better layout for GNOME panel, of if > it exists. I know that some users are fine with current layout, some > others could appreciate slab. > > The best solution is provide both, as well as Nautilus do with spatial > and browser. This is not good for the first GNOME directive (be simple) > and is not so K.I.S.S. but it should be effective for 10x10. Don't know if most users will even notice the alternative that isn't the default. If both are included I guess it's up to the distributions to set the default... Martin -- http://coiley.zapto.org/~martin _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
