On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 07:44 -0700, Ken Mays wrote:
> Tossing in my two cents:
> 1. Simplistic on applets: Show/Hide Desktop, Web browser, email
> client, volume manager,network monitor/connectivity, graphic/audio
> card settings, PCMCIA/USB card unplug/eject status applet, (yelp) help
> applet, switch user applet, lock/shutdown/log off/restart applet.
>
> - more on less here but I always remeber having a modem applet and
> networking (LAN) status applet.
True, might be worth adding the network monitor applet back to the
default config. (It will be replaced when the NWAM Phase 1 GUI is
complete, but that's not going to land in time for the May release
AFAIK.)
NWAM doesn't have any support for modems currently IIRC... so we
probably don't want to add a modem applet to the default config, as it
will be useless unless the user knows how to reconfigure their system
not to use NWAM. (I'm not even sure if the modem applet still works on
Solaris at all...)
> - Multimonitor support (resolution modification, independent screens
> versus stretched, and resize/rotate).
The GNOME community are working on this, but it's not there yet. It
might be ready for 2.24.
> - Email choices - technical users tend to go for Thunderbird versus
> Evolution for management (due to Outlook similarities). Keep both -
> but corporate world will usually want Evolution as primary supported
> UNIX email client on the applets.
>
> - Possible applet for 4Front OSS integration.
Possibly... is there one?
> 2. Games submenu - missing key card games like Aiserlot
> {Klondike/Solitaire} and BlackJack. Please include them.
Hmm, I assume they've disappeared for a reason-- they weren't in Preview
2, and they're not in Nevada either. Anyone know why? (They're still
in gnome-games.)
I think the rest of your comments are really more appropriate to the
"what should be on the Live CD" discussion, wherever that might be
happening :) (I do plan to update the spec to show where some of the
more common downloadable apps ought to slot into the menus, though.)
> 4. Sound & Video - Brasero CD burning is now a key tool. Mplayer is a
> major plus if added (strip out codecs affecting distro rights, but
> easily addable by user).
> 5. Graphics - seems there is no scanner tool (Xsane). Scanning is a
> key business tool need (besides faxing). ;o)
> 6. Office - We need OpenOffice Word, Spreadsheet, and Presentation
> here. Too minimal (docs/spreadsheet/presentation are key management
> communication tools). Critical for any 'executive level' or 'academic'
> success of the desktop UI.
> 7. Internet - SSH/VNC/Bittorrent, Terminal Service Client, Remote
> Desktop, SVN/Git/CVS/Wget/Lftp access tools for
> engineering/developers.
> #7 Internet - probably the biggest pain for software
> development/engineering is access to the various version control
> systems out there but not having the client tools on Indiana or
> SXCE/SXDE. Just my opinion.
>
> The basic 650-700MB optical CD storage is not an excuse for
> limitations when you have superior disc compression tools!! ;o)
Cheeri,
Calum.
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CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland
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