On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 09:39 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: > The last time I checked, most people didn't care about workspaces, and > restricting the shell to only show one desktop at a time in the > overlay makes sense because it's easier to see all of your > applications (especially on something like a netbook). I like the grid > view more personally, of course, but that's only because I like using > multiple workspaces at once, which most people don't do. Showing a > giant grid at start would only scare new users (like my mother, which > only needs a computer for Picasa, Gwibber, and Facebook) and giving > them too much immediate functionality isn't a good idea. The more > simple we make Gnome-Shell appear, the better. Of course, the grid > option is always there if you like it and it's just one click to turn > on ;)
I thought part of the motivation for the shell was making workspaces a more obvious and dynamic feature. If one doesn't use more than one workspace even with the shell, why should there be a difference between a grid with only 1 space or a "flat" view, aside of a means to add a workspace? -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
