On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:18:03AM +0000, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matthew East wrote on 23/02/09 13:29: > > > > I wonder if it would be appropriate for inclusion of > > gnome-control-center to be considered again for Jaunty. > > > > I still think that the points made in my email below remain valid in > > Jaunty - for me the absence of a structured preferences menu is the > > main problem that stands out at me from Ubuntu's otherwise awesome > > desktop. There wasn't really a very comprehensive discussion of the > > issues when I raised this back in August 2008. > >... > > The problem with gnome-control-center is exactly the same now as it has > been for the past three years: it's faster to use if you don't know what > you're looking for, but slower if you do know -- because you have to > wait for, and close, two windows instead of one. It also takes up far > too much screen space, making it netbook-incompatible.
I think the netbook point is a valid one in general, but should be relatively easy to fix. The other point i don't really agree. Preferences/Administration is something you don't do as part of your daily job. So top priority should be that you (and more importantly: new users) can find what you want and get that done easily. The time it takes to open/close dialogs should come second for now. - Alexander -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
