Re: Idea: show potential apps in the search

2011-04-13 Thread Maciej Marcin Piechotka
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 09:07 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: One biggest challenges I have with windows users is getting them over the concept you don't have to go to Futureshop or Best Buy to get new software in Linux. Michael Is it still a problem? I'd imagine that saying it is just

Re: Gnome 3: Too much space wasted

2011-04-13 Thread Luke Morton
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 18:48 +0100, John Stowers wrote: But does anyone notice is that it wastes too much space? To me, all margins seem to be big. As a developer, I would like to have more screen space for working or even reading, what I can have with windows but haven't had with Gnome.

Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview

2011-04-13 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:45 +0300, John Stowers wrote: In my use of the shell thus far I have *never* used the application menu. Has anyone? once, when I wanted to test gnome-games and couldn't remember the name of anything in it. Otherwise, no, I just search. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA

Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview

2011-04-13 Thread Robert Park
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:45 +0300, John Stowers wrote: In my use of the shell thus far I have *never* used the application menu. Has anyone? once, when I wanted to test gnome-games and couldn't remember the name of

Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview

2011-04-13 Thread Federico Mena Quintero
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 10:08 +0200, Elia Cogodi wrote: Very interesting mail, Elia. You have some very good points. - Instead of the application grid being triggered by a tab-like button, it could be a special dash item. Always last, named something like all applications or more applications,

Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview

2011-04-13 Thread Federico Mena Quintero
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:45 +0300, John Stowers wrote: How does your patch handle the case when the user clicks overview with no open windows? Same as before - you get a blank overview. It would be good to show no windows are open or something. Federico

Terminology (was: Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview)

2011-04-13 Thread Federico Mena Quintero
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 07:59 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:45 +0300, John Stowers wrote: In my use of the shell thus far I have *never* used the application menu. Has anyone? once, when I wanted to test gnome-games and couldn't remember the name of anything in

Re: Terminology (was: Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview)

2011-04-13 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:17 -0500, Federico Mena Quintero wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 07:59 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 14:45 +0300, John Stowers wrote: In my use of the shell thus far I have *never* used the application menu. Has anyone? once, when I

Re: Terminology (was: Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview)

2011-04-13 Thread Colin Walters
Hi Adam, On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: Looking at context, I think you're right - thanks for the catch. My answer is almost the same, though - I never use that at all, and I agree with you and John that it seems completely useless. It's always

Re: Terminology (was: Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview)

2011-04-13 Thread Robert Park
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Adam Williamson awill...@redhat.com wrote: Looking at context, I think you're right - thanks for the catch. My answer is almost the same, though - I never use that at all, and I agree with you and John that it seems completely useless. It's always felt to me