Hi All, I have been using gnome-shell almost exclusively since Christmas both at work and at home as well as following the mailing list and various related discussions. I agree wholeheartedly with all of the points raised by Niels. I realise that some of these things are either already addressed or likely to be, however all are, in my opinion, excellent comments and good suggestions.
Cheers, Jon > It would be nice to have a simple and visible way to disable gnome-shell > animations. Perhaps the animations should be disabled by default. > > It is difficult for a new user to guess you can use the "find"-dialog to > search for a general string such as "game" or "CD" or > "spreadsheet". Therefore it is difficult to use the activities dialog to > find a program to burn a CD or to create a spreadsheet. Perhaps the > extended application menu could contain a links to a few predefined > searches such as "office program", "internet", "video", or "game". If I > pressed a link then the coresponding text could be typed in to the find > dialog, and I could get the search results. This would teach me how to > use the system. > > If the activities menu is open I cannot open the menu in the upper right > corner. Ideally opening one menu should close the other. > > If the activities menu is open and I then I cannot press an icon on the > menu bar to open a minimized program such as empathy, gnotes, or > gnome-xchat. Ideally pressing an icon on the menu bar should close the > activities dialog. > > It would be nice to be able to use alt-ctrl-left/right while the > activities dialog is open. > > On my laptop I have to press three buttons simultaneously to use the > shortcut alt-f1 to open the activities dialog. The problem is that f1 is > a two button combination. Perhaps you could change this shortcut to > something like ctrl-esc. > > Once the activities dialog is open, I would like to be able to use the > tab key or arrow keys to select a program or document to open. Right now > I have to use the mouse. > > The menu bar contains a small graphic with the name of the window that > is presently open. As far as I can see this graphic doesn't do anything. > Perhaps you can replace it with a window-list. > > I would like the calendar dialog to contain information from evolution > calendar and evolution tasks. > > The menu in the upper right corner allows me to set my IM-status, but it > doesn't allow me to send an IM-message. I find that confusing. > > The menu in the upper right corner has my name as a title. That makes it > difficult for me to search for help on google and in the gnome help > system. If I type my name in to google I don't get help on the > gnome-shell menu system. > > The sidebar contains the same information as the activities menu, so > perhaps it is redundant. It would be nice to have something like the > windows sidebar where I can place a list of small helpful gadgets. > > The workspace selector applet of gnome 2.28 tells me which program is > opened in which workspace. This information is always visible, so I do > not have to press any buttons to get it, and that allows me to use > ctrl-alt-left/right very efectively. In gnome shell I have to open the > activities dialog and have a look at the work spaces, before I can make > a choice of where I want to go. That slows me down. Perhaps you could > solve this problem by adding more information to the popup that appears > when I press ctrl-alt-left/right. > > That is all for now. I am looking forward to seeing how the gnome-shell > will evolve. > > Niels >
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