Hi Mirek, Mirek M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have been following Gnome Shell development for quite a while, reading > blogs and watching videos of it in action. While I really like its user > interface in theory (Hot corner, Exposé, Messaging tray, ...), I was really > disappointed when I tried the final version of Gnome Shell on my netbook > today. > > Because Gnome 3 features bigger UI elements than Gnome 2, Gnome Shell is > unfit for small screens.
Some of these are theming bugs. See this one [1], for example, which was just recently fixed. There are other improvements that are in the works, too. > A number of windows can't even fit on the screen, > and, unless you know that you can move a window using "Alt" (which most > users don't know), you're out of luck [1]. Sometimes, you can't even close > this window because the "Close" button has been removed from the title bar > and resides at the bottom [2] [3]. That's nasty indeed. We need to fix that dialog. > Some applications, although they fit inside the screen, are unusable in > their default state. Rhythmbox, for example, can only show about 2 songs in > its default state [4]. That's not good. Rhthmbox could certainly be more efficient in its use of screen space. Feel free to file bugs!. > Nautilus, although it is somewhat usable, is still a > disappointment over my current Nautilus Elementary window [5][6]. Why? > Before this is fixed, I will stick to the standard Gnome desktop (or perhaps > switch to Ubuntu's Unity desktop). Or is there a way to fix this right now? GNOME 3 offers a lot of advantages for netbook users. (We've worked very hard to make sure it works well with low-precision pointing devices, for instance.) I would hope that would be enough to make you want to use it. It's up to you, of course. > Also, will fixing this be even considered by the Gnome team or is it too > late for a fix? We obviously want to offer a good netbook experience, and work doesn't stop with 3.0. There will be updates to 3.0 and 3.2 will be released in 6 months time. Best, Allan > (I'm assuming that the fix will come when the Resolution Independence work > is done [7].) > > [1] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wA89CvByxNbpvxGT_Gao9g?feat=directlink > [2] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vL3pm9qQSf4CPv0JFxEm8g?feat=directlink > [3] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jWXIgN27woTpyf9GNU0rOg?feat=directlink > [4] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3LBm6bUky5UMC3dpLmzdNw?feat=directlink > [5] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Q2yQZlNB4zm2wndkUhx7DQ?feat=directlink > [6] > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6dN2-ZtMzf0kx-2Y833jqQ?feat=directlink > [7] https://live.gnome.org/GTK+/RI > > P. S. I'm new here, so tell me if I did something wrong or if this message > belongs somewhere else. Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > > _______________________________________________ usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
