Hello, The activity bar or top panel consumes screen space for no critical reason. The information provided by the activity bar is not something users need to be persistently inundated with. For example, I doubt any of us care if our wireless signal powers up or down one level.
Isn't it logical to move the activity bar or top panel to the activity screen? Or auto hide it? Or implement an "intellihide" algorithm for it, so that when I maximize windows they expand to the full height and width of my screen? It's hard/annoying to switch over to GNOME Shell with this static top panel taking up valuable real estate especially after being used to having full access to my screen space. If I were to design a desktop shell, static top panels and menubars would be the first things to go. They take up space and provide very little utility. Otherwise, GNOME Shell is fantastic. I like the fact that application, file and folder launching and searching is integrated into the shell and you guys made a sincere effort to eliminate distractions, unlike Unity. I wrote a blog entry about possible alternatives to static panels. http://mystilleef.blogspot.com/2011/02/dear-gnome-shell-and-unity-developers.html Thanks _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
