On 1/11/06, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I strongly oppose the removal of the workspace switcher. > When I got into Linux, it was the presence of a workspace switcher > that made me aware of this feature. It took a while until I actualy > started to make use of it, but when I did, I fell in love with it and > the number of workspaces I use regulary grew from 2, 4 to 6.
I specifically didn't want this discussion to turn into a discussions about the specific details like the workspace switcher. Yet this seems to be the only thing poeple respond to. :) > [...] keep email and irc one workspace 1. > Browser on another one. When I'm working with the Gimp, it's on a workspace > of it's own. Other workspaces used for reference images in several EOGs > or perhaps Gthumb. For making music separate workspaces for running jack > in a terminal and a patchbay, a modula synth, a sequencer [...] And you seriously think you're not a super-poweruser? Sorry, but you don't represent the typical Gnome target user by a long shot. > I don't see workspaces as a pure 'poweruser' feature Yet. without even intending to do so, you just made it perfectly clear it is a poweruser feature. :) Again, this should be a discussion about merging two small, mostly empty panels into a single one. I'd like to hear opinions primarily about that, and secondarily about the specific details in _my_ particular suggestion. Thanks! -- David Tensre _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
