On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:57 PM, jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:01 PM, jmak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> I agree with you. I am also running dreamlinux, in fact that is the > >> only distro that I didn't feel the need to change its defaults > >> setting. > >> This just shows what I said before; how important the look is. And how > >> important to understand the target audience preferences. > >> By the way, AWN developers are working on a standalone launcher that > >> works without compiz. Maybe, we can already start thinking about > >> replacing xubuntu's bottom panel in the upcoming releases with AWN > >> launcher. > > > > Bad idea, AWN isn't great in terms of usability. It leaves the two bottom > > corners, which are easiest to reach with the mouse (together with the top > > corners) unused. Besides, AWN takes up quite a lot of vertical space > while > > we will still also need a top panel for the menu and such. > > Dreamlinux uses the similar set up but with engage. I find it > extremely usable.
Well, it's a fact that the corners are the easiest to reach, so it's a waste not to use it. > Because engage is sitting behind the applications > only one panel visible, that even optimizes screenspace. Having the icons behind the applications is really not that handy, see http://www.digiplace.nl/images/dream.png The margin at the bottom is distracting and meanwhile the dock is unusable. > I like the > idea that the systemtray and the menu is on the same panel. That already is the case in Xubuntu IIRC. > And in the > next awn release, you will be able position the launchers any side of > the screen. > In the last sentence, you meant its size? It is too large that's what you > meant? > Yep, if it doesn't hide behind windows then it takes up a lot of screen real estate (with a lot wasted at both sides of the dock), which doesn't sound like a good idea after all the discussion on decreasing the panel size. > > >> > >> Even Mark Suttleworth indicated, it is possible that in the future kde > >> will be the main ubuntu desktop rather than gnome. > > > > No he didn't. He said that an LGPL Qt might be the basis of GNOME instead > of > > GTK - with an emphasis on *might*, because clearly that would be a lot of > > work. Besides, GTK is also still improving. > > I was not sure exactly the wording; but now he starts talking about > the beauty of the macintosh and the fact that ubuntu has to look even > better, indicates that when kde 4 will be fully functional he might > make kde as a main ubuntu desktop. > Can you cite a source? I'm quite up-to-date yet can't recall reading anything of the sorts. I do know he wants to out-pretty OS X, but no mention of using KDE to accomplish that. (Probably the most important step to accomplish that is a different colour scheme ;-) > > jmak > > > >> > >> jmak > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Vincent -- Vincent
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