What about writing the dock extension so it's a button like the places or drive menu. That way people can get their "Menu" sort of speak with out interfering with the design.
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Ryan Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/06/2011 08:46 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > >> Since top bar still exists, and the place where icons used to be >> now is not used for anything, what about making it possible >> to have Favorites *there* >> > There are a lot of different screen sizes; some are big and some are very > small. GNOME 3 wants to be usable on a wide variety of screens, so the top > bar is not "user-owned", but instead "system-owned". This is much easier to > manage from a developer's standpoint (less odd bugs, simpler to code, etc.), > and it also gives GNOME 3 a consistent visual identity, making support much > easier. > > Also, GNOME 2 had an annoying problem where you had to manually position > every widget that wasn't placed by default. GNOME 3, by having a static top > panel that's system-owned, fixes this problem. In addition, the top bar is > extremely tiny. The dock for the favorites list is just as fast to reach > (especially if you use the Windows/Super key) and it's easier to click, > especially with a low-precision input device like a laptop touch pad, or > even on a touch-screen device like an iPad. > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >
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