Short answer: The two were never designed to live together, and thus it was one awful hack after the next to get them working together.
Longer answer: Basically what we have are 2 very different things, that have a very limited bit of overlap to them. From a software development point of view, these need to be separate. Heck, even from a user's point of view it makes some sense (if all I want is Docky, why should I have to install Do? And vice-versa). With the two combined, they were stepping on each other's feet and limiting each other in ways that just was not good for the long term. With them separated, they both have room to grow and add features relevant *to themselves* without having to worry how that affects the other. One great example of that is the ability to have multiple docks now. This was impossible when the two were combined! The long-term plan is to have the same level of interaction between the two that the Do 0.8.x version currently has. Thus, at some point in the future Do will probably be controllable over Dbus (or something similar) and Docky will have a plugin that looks/acts similar to the Docky+Do interface you are currently using. This is a long-term goal, first we need to get them split apart. - Robert On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > I love Do with Docky and use it daily. I expected that it be > optimized,made more stable and some features will be added (licke > additional docklets) to make it even more awesome. It's not an > overstatement that I thought this will be my personal Gnome 3, at > least UI wise. > > Now I discovered Docky (the independent project) and read that Docky > will be removed from Do and I am devastated. > > What will this mean? I didn't find any documentation about this > anywhere. Will the two projects split in the way that I can only use > Do functionality with the old overlay UI? And if yes, why? > > I installed Docky and while some things were an improvement over Do > with Docky, e.g. better preferences windows, I didn't like the change > in the general look and feel and I definitily disliked the fact that I > couldn't use Do anymore, except by installing Do alongside and using > the old ugly overlay UI. > > So to some this up: would please somebody explain the rationale behing > this move and maybe annnounce it publicly on the website because I > don't think I am the only who likes the way Do is now and would be sad > seeing it die. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GNOME Do" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en. > > -- Robert Dyer [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en.
