First of all, the last time I used gnome-shell there was still a dock-style taskbar available inside the gnome-shell in the top-left corner. Alt-tab is easy to switch between recent applications and the gnome-shell allows you to easily switch between all applications. As far as your second idea goes, I am not entirely sure how gnome-shell currently looks (can't test), but I thought I might vote in favour of the original grid-view as IMHO its incomparably better than the flat view where you don't see all workspaces. David Mulder
PS. I would be extremely thankful if somebody could send me a shot of how gnome-shell looks (default) in its current state, as due to technical problems I can't install linux anymore and I am not sure how much changed in the last month or so. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Jason Sauders <[email protected]>wrote: > After using Gnome Shell for quite a long time now waiting for updates that > might answer my request, I decided to email the mailing list again with my > idea. > > The more I use Gnome Shell, the more I like it. I find the interface very > nicely laid out and I think this really has some potential. But regardless, > I cannot see how the masses will adopt this with having to use the overview > (or alt tab) to switch applications. I just can't see it taking off... I > never really understood the point behind that area in the top panel on the > left side that displays what our current primary window is. Why do we need > it there? Let's put that area to better use and remove that functionality > and add a dock-like application there. That way for users who simply want to > switch from 1 application to another that didn't get hit with a > notification, they can without having to go through the zoom in-out thing. > What if I'm in Firefox but, oh wait, I want to write an email. Well, the > notification system isn't going to display my idea, since it only displays > notifications. Ahh, wait... I gotta zoom in-out. No big deal. But throw this > in the hands of a power user, and I really see where the bottleneck for mass > Gnome Shell adoption would be. > > Please... let's see something like that... use Ubuntu Netbook Remix as an > idea starter. That dock-like application is brilliant. That in Gnome Shell > would simply be awesome. Keep in mind, I'm not requesting this to be > default. Just an activate-able option already embedded in the Gnome Shell > system itself for users to activate if they prefer it. > > > Second Idea: This may have been in existence before, but it just came to > mind and I wanted to bring it up. The grid layout for the application menu > is very cumbersome. It was much, much better with the single file vertical > layout as we had before. Let's revert back to that, as it was much easier to > use and MUCH quicker to find applications. Secondly, is there a way you can > open the application menu and hit a single letter, and then the application > menu displays everything that starts with that letter? That would make > quick-scanning even easier yet. Coupled with the fact you can type the > application name in the search box and launch it there and you have a very > quick and powerful way to get applications running. > > > > If those two things get added, I just might have to go back to Gnome Shell > full time. But till then, you gotta use what works... > > Thanks for hearing me out. Good work, and good luck to the GS team! > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >
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