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.
>
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