Hello Calum, Just a couple quick comments: - I do think having two trash cans on the desktop is a little confusing. I don't have an opinion about which is "better".
- With regard to the network thingie. I don't inherently have an objection to having the network item on the panel. Indeed, I'm working with the solaris "network automagic" group and I can imagine that having some kind of entrypoint into networking settings/wireless net selection, etc. may be necessary. The concern is the blinking (whether fast or slow). I don't understand why it needs to blink at all. Couldn't there just be one icon to say "there's networking" and thatwould change to something else to say "there is no networking"? - I like changing "accessibility" to "universal access" (at least to my twisted mind, that's a more understandable name" - I like the app names now, in general. Thanks for all your work with this spec! david On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 06:09, Calum Benson wrote: > http://www.gnome.org/~calum/nevada/ui-spec/index.htm > > Up for debate this time: the default desktop icons and panel > configuration. Specifically, in the latter case, whether people > would rather see the network status applet or the trash applet in the > bottom right corner of their screen by default. Possible arguments > either way: > > - Some people have said they don't like the network status applet > being there by default, either because its flashing is distracting, > or it consumes unnecessary resources (e.g. on SunRay). But... > > - The 2.14 network applet "flashes" a lot less, and is still handy > for diagnosing connectivity problems and shown wireless signal strength. > > - The trash applet is a relatively new feature in GNOME that a lot of > people seem to like, and it's nice to showcase some new stuff now and > again to show we're not completely stuck in Windows 95 lookalike > mode. But... > > - It's not immediately obvious tucked away down there in the corner > (which could be an issue if we felt its inclusion merited losing the > desktop Trash icon too), and on a big screen, it can still a bit of > an effort to drag stuff from a file manager window all the way into > the corner. But then there's always the delete key too :) > > As ever, your comments count... if there's anything else you feel > merits inclusion or removal from the default desktop or panel, let us > know what and why. > > Cheeri, > Calum. > > -- > CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland > mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Team > http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 > > Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
