Just a few of my own thoughts on this list. I've ignored the ones on which I have no opinion.
Steve. > 5) Dropshadow - move to Windows part of the panel. I think it makes much > more sense, since its totally related only to windows, it doesnt put > dropshadows under text or theme elements or anything like that. I know what you're saying, but this option is to do with the look and feel of the system, rather than how the windows behave. I think it should stay in the Look section. > 6) Apps >Also simple checkboxes "launch on startup" and > "launch on restart" would be more than enough, no need even for separate > dialogs (that even sound confusing), I think. Also, if the user wants to > start an app when E start, I think its obvious that he/she would want > this app to restart when they restart E (or when E crashes). So that > questions, the "restart applications" thing altogether. When E gets restarted, it generally keeps all existing programs running. In which case, I *don't* want extra copies started. > 7) Windows. I guarantee right now a typical user would just say "holy > shit". I know i do :-) And I'm not even sure about most of the stuff > here, but I'm sure we can merge some of these, rename some of them, add > freaking tooltips, etc. When you can have a lot of control, you need a lot of options! I'm sure the Window List and Client List Menu settings should be together. Again, the Window List has nothing to do with how the windows behave. Also, I've never really been sure why the two are separate - as far as I can tell the Window List provides Alt-Tab functionality, while the Client list just lists windows. Would it be possible to merge the two? > 13) Don't think we need Settings of the Settings. The user can make E > remember the position of the windows in other ways and a checkbox "don't > show this in the future" in the confirmation dialogs would be much better. Generally true, although there should be somewhere for the Basic/Advanced option to live. You could just remember the last view the user saw, but a global setting would be good. > 16) Pager's setings can be accessed with right click on it, no need for > conf panel dialog. Agreed. > 17) Gadgets is totally useless? To my understanding it adds a gadget to > the desktop.. there are much clever ways to do this. (OT) I've never understood what the Advanced option does in this dialog. > 18) File Icons - this thing should be removed altogether. Its ugly, > complicated and pretty useless. Just because when you click on a file, > see it settings you can assign it a custom icon, there is just no need > for this thing. Not to mention the huge, confusing list of mime types. Agreed. > 2) Files - should be disabled if icons on the desktop are enabled. It > takes space and doesn't do a better job compared to clicking on your > home/root/whatever icon on the desk. Maybe. Although it's handy to find a tiny corner of the desktop to click and get a menu when you've got windows covering your desktop. > 3) "Run everything" just sounds confusing. As in "run everything you > have at once" or something. Have to think about it more. I should reserve judgement until I've had a chance to play with it more (my regular machines are still on old builds), but the thing looks scary. > 4) We have the Shelves conf dialog where the user can add and edit > shelves, why is the Shelves submenu needed? Agreed > 5) A simple gadged with an icon on the shelf would be better for > "show/hide all windows". As an addition to this menu, not as a replacement. Agreed > 6) Enlightenment -> theme is useless and has to be removed. Its > confusing since users would think that would lead them to the conf panel > to change the E theme An "about this theme" button in the theme conf > dialog is THE solution. Restart and Exit could be moved to system. Then > leave one "About Enlightenment" entry in the main menu. Agreed > 7) Do we really need the configuration shortcuts? I think just one > "Settings" entry would be enough, no submenus. A good example is the > Shelves submenu - the user can access the Shelves settings by right > clicking on any shelf AND thruough the config panel itself, I see no > need for it in the main menu. Same for the rest of the things there, I think I quite like having the settings sub-menu around for ease of access. Perhaps this could be expanded into an option to have shortcuts for our favourite settings dialogs (perhaps in the Favourites menu). > > Thanks, > Mano > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. 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