On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 11:01 +0200, Mirek M. wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have been following Gnome Shell development for quite a while, > reading blogs and watching videos of it in action. While I really like > its user interface in theory (Hot corner, Exposé, Messaging > tray, ...), I was really disappointed when I tried the final version > of Gnome Shell on my netbook today.
Ok > > Because Gnome 3 features bigger UI elements than Gnome 2, Gnome Shell > is unfit for small screens. A number of windows can't even fit on the > screen, and, unless you know that you can move a window using > "Alt" (which most users don't know), you're out of luck [1]. > Sometimes, you can't even close this window because the "Close" button > has been removed from the title bar and resides at the bottom [2] [3]. > Some applications, although they fit inside the screen, are unusable > in their default state. Rhythmbox, for example, can only show about 2 > songs in its default state [4]. Nautilus, although it is somewhat > usable, is still a disappointment over my current Nautilus Elementary > window [5][6]. You do have a point there but you could alleviate your problem by tweaking the font sizes and GTK/CSS padding on the UI elements. I'm using a 17" laptop and my font sizes look much smaller than yours. Aim at 8-9pts for your fonts, and maybe 10pts for title-bars. With dconf-editor or Gnome-tweak-tool you can ease your pain a bit. There is no *easy* way of achieving 100% fine-tuning yet ... so be patient, or dive into the CSS files I mentioned (if you can) -- and I hope I'm correct as I haven't tried that. > Before this is fixed, I will stick to the standard Gnome desktop (or > perhaps switch to Ubuntu's Unity desktop). Or is there a way to fix > this right now? See above. > > Also, will fixing this be even considered by the Gnome team or is it > too late for a fix? Gnome3 was released few days ago but development continues. There may be a fix sooner than you expect. :) > (I'm assuming that the fix will come when the Resolution Independence > work is done [7].) > > [1] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wA89CvByxNbpvxGT_Gao9g?feat=directlink > [2] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vL3pm9qQSf4CPv0JFxEm8g?feat=directlink > [3] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jWXIgN27woTpyf9GNU0rOg?feat=directlink > [4] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3LBm6bUky5UMC3dpLmzdNw?feat=directlink > [5] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Q2yQZlNB4zm2wndkUhx7DQ?feat=directlink > [6] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6dN2-ZtMzf0kx-2Y833jqQ?feat=directlink > [7] https://live.gnome.org/GTK+/RI Descriptive pictures. > > P. S. I'm new here, so tell me if I did something wrong or if this > message belongs somewhere else. Thanks. Gnome-shell list is where users and developers interact and discuss ways to improve Gnome-shell. You're in the right place. The developers enjoy warm and unbiased analysis of their work, so avoid 'loaded' words and threats. Regards Onyeibo _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
