On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Florian Müllner <[email protected]> wrote: > El vie, 25-06-2010 a las 01:17 +0200, Giovanni Campagna escribió: >> Are you arguing that no problem exists at all with current Shell design? >> I think it is not the case. Design should be clear, without the user >> saying "yeah... I see you point... sometimes... still I don't pretty >> much like it..." after reading the archives or listening to the >> developer opinion. > > The design is crystal clear on that point: > > No optional components in the core. No moving around of core components. > No exceptions. > > So instead of choosing between(*): > - an application-centric dock > - a windows-per-workspace list > - a global window list > > placed: > - alongside the application menu > - in the message tray > - at the left/right screen edge > > and enforcing it on all users(**), they are given a choice. > > Ain't that evil?
Yes, because you said it yourself: "no optional components in the core". You're not giving the users a choice, you're taking it away from them, by not having any kind of dock / window list / tray / whatever in gnome-shell, optional or not. You don't want users that *need* to download an extension just to get their normal workflow, this is part of the design. > Florian > > > (*) Only picking some of the sane suggestions, browse the archives > for the crack > (**) It's pretty funny how all those comments are along the lines of: > "But users want a task list, and they happen to want > the same kind of task list I want, now isn't that a > coincidence!" I agree they don't all want the same, but GNOME is known for picking a side and keeping that. With this instead, you're putting no rapid window management code at all (besides that which comes free with mutter), and saying to all the users: go find the extension that suits your needs. Giovanni _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
