Tim, it might be helpful for you to explain why your are "devastated." >From your email, all I can tell is that you object to using Do's "ugly" non-Docky search interfaces.
So, the problem is that the Classic, Nouveau, Tiny and Glass interfaces for Do are ugly? I'm sorry, I don't buy that. David On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Robert Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
