On 13/08/2008, at 11:13 AM, Frank Ludolph wrote: > MC wrote: >> >>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/uispecs/indiana-uispec/ >>> >> The top panel has too many icons in it. That space is for things >> the user knows about and needs to access quickly, frequently, or >> while multitasking. The user doesn't only not know about the >> package manager gui, but he also doesn't need to access it quickly, >> frequently, or while multitasking. >> >> The top panel icon space sacrifices identifiably for >> accessibility. That is why you shy away from putting things there >> that the user doesn't know about... and let him fill that space >> with things when and if he needs to. >> >> The gnome desktop has ample room for icons with labels, and it >> isn't being used for anything else right now. Use that for the >> bulk of what you want people to see... >> >> > I agree with most of you points. We wrestled with the question of > where to put the pkg mgr icon. We feel the pkg mgr will be used > initially by all users to add software for the first few days/week > after installation - the LiveCD is small, - and frequently, if not > daily, by many users for updates and to find out about newly > available software. > > We would like to limit the number of items initially on the desktop > to just those that are important primarily following installation, > e.g. Next Steps. A very low number initial desktop icons makes each > of them highly visible. After they have been inspected and used the > user will likely discard them, leaving a clean desktop. > > So we chose to put the pkg mgr icon, and perhaps others that some > users might find not so necessary on the top panel. It is very easy > to remove items from a panel so users who don't want it there can > remove it in just two clicks.
I'm not sure I agree having 2 network status icons there is a good thing - I know there is a slight difference, and if it's just a temporary workaround, then I'm fine with that. I don't think there's a need for both, personally. I'd also like some good rationale for why the input method notification icon is added by default when I'm running in an English locale - it seems meaningless to me (and not a very good user experience to see the window display at first login, then jump up to the panel when it starts). I notice the difference in pixels between the notification icons, and the launch icons on the left hand side is different. I'm not sure I agree with 6px - it seems a large amount. I think I'd also like to see the Next Steps icon being different. While I can appreciate the association that it's going to launch Firefox to display, we're not getting 'Firefox Next Steps', but OpenSolaris ones. Glynn
