2011/11/30 Andrew Cowie <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 14:15 +0100, Luca Ferretti wrote: > >> And, in suborder, why can't Boxes be simply a non-core, featured >> application, just like GIMP or Simple Scan? > > Because there's a big difference between an integrated, designed, > polished, documented and translated GNOME app and something that happens > to use GTK, right?
Not sure, but maybe you missed the point of that examples. The key is, in effect, the current integration of Boxes (or the feauture that Boxes provide) in GNOME desktop. I feel Boxes is just a stand alone application that allows you to perform tasks unrelated to the audiece we want to target. On the other side and as example of integration, the current Vino/Vinagre couple can allow you to share a screen using our chat application Empathy, a feature useful non-tech people too. Maybe Boxes will be able to do the same, but personally I don't have any urge to include it here and now as _core_ module or feature of GNOME. > Just because it isn't targeted at core audience doesn't mean that it > shouldn't be an awesome part of GNOME if you happen to be in an > alternate space. You know, like IT professionals? Well, we had many discussions about "stuff not targeted at core audience" in the past months, and they are still not part of GNOME design ;) > > We're getting *ransacked* out there in discussions in LUGs around the > world (e.g. [1]) because power users are trying GNOME 3 have found it > totally interferes with their accustomed workflows. Unhappy campers. If > people in LUGs have the idea that GNOME 3 is no use for them, do you > really think they're going to push for its adoption in the wider company > that they have to support? I fear power users and LUG people will be more prone to say "there are too few options to tune the VMs" or "you are forcing us to use the virtualization framework you like, and it sucks". However, I don't want too see Boxes as a solution, it's just a tool that will allow you to use VMs and remote machines. It could be a plus when we'll release a full GNOME OS, but when this will occur IT professionists and tech enthusiast people will show more interest in supported protocols (vnc, rdp, ...) and virtualization infrastructure than in integrated appearence of a frontend. BTW: planned protocols? The design page simply says "Connecting to a work machine from home" _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
