A little late to the conversation but I wanted to add my two cents... Two trash icons is one too many. Having it in the panel is OK although the panel can get crowded quickly and conserving space there would be nice. Nevertheless, I think it's an OK place for it.
Default icons on desktop: Definitely keep 'computer'. I agree with Calum and others, we must have one and this should be the one. It's very common for people to start their search for an file or app by double clicking the computer icon. Documents, not sure. I guess having it on the desktop encourages people to store things inside of that directory as opposed to some random directory. So that's a plus. It's also a logical shortcut for many users who would otherwise access the documents folder by double-clicking the computer icon. In a way, this tendency to start navigating from folders on the desktop is why I *don't* think 'documents' should be the only icon on the desktop: We will be effectively compelling users to start navigating for objects using the documents directory as a starting point and this isn't very practical if they're looking for files that are not stored in the documents folder. Network: No opinion here. Network blinking: I agree 100% with David, no blinking. Cheers, m Mike Stern Visual Designer, xDesign 650 / 786-6542 mike.stern at sun.com On Mar 29, 2006, at 10:58 AM, David-John Burrowes wrote: > Hello Calum, > > Just a couple quick comments: > - I do think having two trash cans on the desktop is a little > confusing. I don't have an opinion about which is "better". > Ye > - With regard to the network thingie. I don't inherently have an > objection to having the network item on the panel. Indeed, I'm > working > with the solaris "network automagic" group and I can imagine that > having > some kind of entrypoint into networking settings/wireless net > selection, > etc. may be necessary. The concern is the blinking (whether fast or > slow). I don't understand why it needs to blink at all. Couldn't > there > just be one icon to say "there's networking" and thatwould change to > something else to say "there is no networking"? > > - I like changing "accessibility" to "universal access" (at least > to my > twisted mind, that's a more understandable name" > > - I like the app names now, in general. > > Thanks for all your work with this spec! > > david > > > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 06:09, Calum Benson wrote: >> http://www.gnome.org/~calum/nevada/ui-spec/index.htm >> >> Up for debate this time: the default desktop icons and panel >> configuration. Specifically, in the latter case, whether people >> would rather see the network status applet or the trash applet in the >> bottom right corner of their screen by default. Possible arguments >> either way: >> >> - Some people have said they don't like the network status applet >> being there by default, either because its flashing is distracting, >> or it consumes unnecessary resources (e.g. on SunRay). But... >> >> - The 2.14 network applet "flashes" a lot less, and is still handy >> for diagnosing connectivity problems and shown wireless signal >> strength. >> >> - The trash applet is a relatively new feature in GNOME that a lot of >> people seem to like, and it's nice to showcase some new stuff now and >> again to show we're not completely stuck in Windows 95 lookalike >> mode. But... >> >> - It's not immediately obvious tucked away down there in the corner >> (which could be an issue if we felt its inclusion merited losing the >> desktop Trash icon too), and on a big screen, it can still a bit of >> an effort to drag stuff from a file manager window all the way into >> the corner. But then there's always the delete key too :) >> >> As ever, your comments count... if there's anything else you feel >> merits inclusion or removal from the default desktop or panel, let us >> know what and why. >> >> Cheeri, >> Calum. >> >> -- >> CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland >> mailto:calum.benson at sun.com Java Desktop System Team >> http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 >> >> Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun >> Microsystems >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-discuss mailing list >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20060405/d1da4a06/attachment.html>
