Hi Nadim, I personally like your suggestions, but if I may add one more - workspace-switcher as part of the default (one and only) panel.
regards, --eZ > 340282366920938463463374607431768211456 On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am a big fan of the Xfce spin, so much so that I use it as my regular > desktop and even think it could be a contender for replacing GNOME as the > default Fedora desktop (one can dream :-)) > I have some experience in software usability and I would like to suggest > some small changes that I think will make the Fedora 24 Xfce spin work > better out of the box. > > As presentation aid, please find these two screenshots: > Current Xfce spin default desktop: > https://spins.fedoraproject.org/static/images/screenshots/screenshot-xfce.jpg > Suggested Xfce spin default desktop: http://i.imgur.com/XUllDME.jpg > > Explanations for the differences: > > 1) Removing the "dock" at the bottom: The dock takes up enough screen > space to interfere with the Anaconda installer during the Fedora > installation process from LiveUSB. This isn't obvious in the screenshot > from the website due to the high screen resolution, but has been my > experience every time I install Fedora on a netbook or a laptop with a > smaller resolution. It also panders more to people already familiar with OS > X, which is actually, statistically, a group far less likely to be the one > migrating to Fedora. > > 2) Replace the two bars with a unified bar at the bottom: The main reason > people still choose Xfce over GNOME is that it sticks to the traditional > desktop metaphor. As such, we should be playing to its strengths. My > suggestion illustrates a classic desktop style bottom taskbar, notification > area, launchers for common applications (these can be changed, the > screenshot shows my personal settings for the launchers), etc. By adopting > this style, we are maximizing the efficiency in which screen space is used > (helping solve problems illustrated in (1)) while at the same time making > the desktop more familiar to newcomers and utilizing more of Xfce's > strengths. If you like, we can also add a Workspaces panel item to the left > of the notifications area. > > 3) Replace the Xfce Applications Menu icon with the Fedora logo: > Self-explanatory, aids with better branding integration, makes the OS more > cohesive, looks good. > > 4) Re-include blueman in the default installation: Right now, Fedora Xfce > Desktop doesn't have any sort of Bluetooth management functionality out of > the box. This is an oversight that can easily be fixed by shipping with > either blueman or xfce-bluetooth packaged by default in Fedora 24. > > I strongly think these changes will make Fedora Xfce Desktop 24 much > better. How can we get them to be included? What's the procedure? > > Regards, > Nadim > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/[email protected] >
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