I've being using gnome-do and docky for 3 moths (i don't remember, since the team created the ppa) and i'm extremely pleased for it, it's just superb. The dock works great, smooth and fast, and does exactly what i need: a beautiful dock for loading and controling programs.
And i use Do for what we need: search and "do" actions super fast. And the current themes for do (nouvou, glass, etc..) are beautiful themes, love them. Maybe i would tweak it a bit for my taste, but that's all. 2010/2/3 David Siegel <[email protected]> > 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]<gnome-do%[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]<gnome-do%[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]<gnome-do%[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.
