Gnome-shell and usability (from user perspective)

2010-07-03 Thread Maciej Piechotka
First of all I'd like to say that I'm not usability specialist (I'm not event 'normal' user - I'm closer to power user). However after some time of using the gnome-shell (from about GNOME 2.27.x) I noted a few problems - and they are more the minor problems (I believe) in design rather that

desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Christian Persch
Hi; I think we should use the opportunity of converting to gsettings to redesign the desktop schemas, not just do a 1:1 translation from gconf. Let me make some remarks about the gsettings desktop schemas as they right now are in gsettings-desktop-schemas module.

Re: Statistics on each release

2010-07-03 Thread Jonh Wendell
Em Qui, 2010-07-01 às 19:04 -0400, Shaun McCance escreveu: On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 14:35 -0700, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote: On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 14:21 -0300, Jonh Wendell wrote: Hello guys, I just read a xorg release announcement and found quite interesting their statistics not only about

GSettings schema writing guidance [was: dconf/GSettings namespace]

2010-07-03 Thread Christian Persch
Hi; I think we should provide a more in-depth guide on how to write schemas for gsettings, convering e.g.: - schema names: tld.foo.FooApp vs. tld.foo.foo-app vs ... - paths: /tld/foo/foo-app/ vs /apps/foo-app/ vs ... - what key names to use - how the summary and description should differ and

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, Le samedi 03 juillet 2010, à 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch a écrit : Hi; I think we should use the opportunity of converting to gsettings to redesign the desktop schemas, not just do a 1:1 translation from gconf. Let me make some remarks about the gsettings desktop schemas as they

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le samedi 03 juillet 2010 à 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch a écrit : Hi; I think we should use the opportunity of converting to gsettings to redesign the desktop schemas, not just do a 1:1 translation from gconf. Let me make some remarks about the gsettings desktop schemas as they right

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Ryan Lortie
On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: Finally, I'd like to suggest that gsettings-desktop-schemas install a header file containing #define's for each schema ID, schema, path and all the key names. I tried to discuss this on IRC because I believe it's a good idea. It's

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Ryan Lortie
On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: This is a common error. Filenames need to be stored as ay and *NOT* s (since s is UTF-8). (I think this needs some enhancement in glib-compile-schemas to be able to still put a string in default.) I'm not sure I buy into your hardline

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Christian Persch
Hi; Am Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:22:16 -0400 schrieb Ryan Lortie de...@desrt.ca: On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: Finally, I'd like to suggest that gsettings-desktop-schemas install a header file containing #define's for each schema ID, schema, path and all the key

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Ryan Lortie
On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: Coincidentally, taking a look at all the summary and description strings, it seems to me that once these value enumerations are taken out, not too much remains that justifies the split between two strings. IMHO we should consider

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Christian Persch
Hi; Am Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:08:36 +0200 schrieb Milan Bouchet-Valat nalimi...@club.fr: Le samedi 03 juillet 2010 à 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch a écrit : Coincidentally, taking a look at all the summary and description strings, it seems to me that once these value enumerations are taken

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Philip Withnall
On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 19:48 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: Hi; Am Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:08:36 +0200 schrieb Milan Bouchet-Valat nalimi...@club.fr: Le samedi 03 juillet 2010 à 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch a écrit : Coincidentally, taking a look at all the summary and description

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread Christian Persch
Hi; Am Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:29:13 +0100 schrieb Philip Withnall phi...@tecnocode.co.uk: On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 19:48 +0200, Christian Persch wrote: Am Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:08:36 +0200 schrieb Milan Bouchet-Valat nalimi...@club.fr: If only one string was provided, it would be a pain to find

Re: desktop schemas review [was: Re: GSettings migration status]

2010-07-03 Thread James Sharpe
On 3 July 2010 12:58, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: Hi, Le samedi 03 juillet 2010, à 13:37 +0200, Christian Persch a écrit : Hi; I think we should use the opportunity of converting to gsettings to redesign the desktop schemas, not just do a 1:1 translation from gconf. Let me