Hello Emmanuele, > While I think we can discuss whether the presence of a dock could > ensure gaining users, I also don't think GNOME needs to "win back" > users in the first place.
What that's supposed to mean? GNOME doesn't need to get users back? Just curious, coz I see the opposite. Which obviously isn't matter of a dock not even matter if GNOME is better or worse than others. - alex On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Joern Konopka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Sebastien and Alex :) > > As you both can see, there are just two emails in this Thread, and we > already covered the spectrum of opinions. > > For my part, you should know that i'm actively working on one of those > Dock Extension that have been mentioned. But i'm not gonna say that > everybody should use it. Instead i want to emphasize that i think having a > Dock in an Extension Scope is the PERFECT solution for a Dock. And here's > why. > > Docks will never make everybody happy. There are too many behaviours > people expect, too many options, too many positions people argue about. > > Take into account that we are moving towards a more and more > device-agnostic playfield. An (intellhide) Dock just isn't a viable > solution for a range of Devices. I'm not the guru of anything Gnome is up > to. But i think including a component that's so complex and also personal > in its behaviour and usage is actually better off being an Extension. > > Also i would like to point out that we keep on forgetting that Extensions > are not some kinda stripped down shoehorned replacement of real Shell > programming. They are REALLY powerful. Why they seem to be objected to > something that's *lower* than Shell Code is beyond me. Maybe it's the > presentation? Is it the quality of Extensions? Maybe that's really where we > should be looking for a solution. > > > > Am Samstag, 4. April 2015 schrieb alex diavatis : > >> Hello Sebastien, >> >> Also as a desktop user, I do think that would be awful. Your OS X >> example, is a good example why GNOME should avoid >> intelligent hide docs. It doesn't even work either good on Elementary, or >> with extensions. >> >> But since you like it, and since you already know how you can use it, >> and since any distro can ship such an extension, >> whats the point of making default? :/ >> >> - alex >> >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Sébastien D. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> First, I want to thank you and congratulate you for Gnome 3.16. It's a >>> great release and I'm in love with it : beautiful, simple, clean and >>> not bloated with useless features. We spend 99% of our time in a >>> browser nowadays and it's so cool to have this stellar browser : >>> Epiphany. >>> >>> But as a desktop user, the navigation between applications is a pain >>> to work with. I have tried hard to get used to, but it's still not a >>> smooth process. Maybe it's just me. Or maybe Gnome is more targeted >>> for laptops and tablets. >>> >>> So, a quick idea : now that notifications have moved away, why not put >>> a permanent dock in the bottom of the screen (like OS X or something >>> like that) ? >>> >>> I know that extensions can just do that, but it could be a good move >>> to win back desktop users (and distributions). >>> >>> Thanks all, I wish you the best, >>> >>> Sébastien >>> _______________________________________________ >>> desktop-devel-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >> >> >>
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