.. This is just annoying. Why are the options in the interface tab considered a hack? The fact is they do alter functionality related to the interface. Sure if there is a 'better' way to do this, do it - but don't pretend that defaulting to no icons and big chunky toolbars is the 'better way'.
Daniel On 21 February 2010 15:53, leftyfb <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > This "bug" was brought to my attention when I recently tried out Ubuntu > 10.04 alpha 2 to see what new improvements Ubuntu and Gnome in general > had. Upon going through my usual routine of setting preferences to my > liking, I could not find the option to put back the menu icons in the 3 > main menu's provided by Gnome in the top panel. Only some of the icons > are shown, others are not. There used to be a setting to bring them all > back. This was previously just an annoyance to have to complete the look > of the menu's. > > I went to #ubuntu+1 on Freenode and asked if this lack of preference was > just a temporary setback in the alpha developemnt of Ubuntu. I was > pointed to this "bug": > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592756 > > Reading the first comment: > > "Discussed many times. We should remove the interface tab. Basically > everthing there is a user experience design cop-out. It only belongs in > a tweak UI tool > - - but only if someone cares enough to write one." > > "Discussed many times" > Discussed where? Were Gnome users asked for feedback on this decision? > > "It only belongs in a tweak UI tool - but only if someone cares enough > to write one." > User experience preferences for gnome should now be the responsibility > of third party developers who might or might not develop tools to put > back user experience preferences which gnome developers created and then > removed in the first place? > > > The rest of the comments in "bug" are people disagreeing with the > original developer in his decision to remove the preference competely. > Save for 1 developer who agree'd and implemented the descision stating > "majority of users". What majority of users? So far I'm seeing most > people disagreeing with the descision. Not to mention, I don't see the > majority of users requesting preferences be removed regardless if they > are of interest to them or not. Why this descision? Is this preference > really that much of a bane on the system resources? Why are we removing > half the icons from the menu's making them looked half finished and > unpolished? Why not remove all icons and be done with it? > > > I voiced my opinion in the comments of this bug just like the "majority > of users" were doing. My comment and one other was removed and my > account on bugzilla disabled. > > So, where does a user go to voice his opinions on this type of developer > decision where said developers will read it and hopefully impact the > descision? Where can a user submit feedback on bringing back a > preference that was removed? > > Can we please get this preference put back? I don't care where it is, > but we shouldn't have to wait for a third party tool to reimplement > preferences to finish the look of the menu's that have already existed > but were removed. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLgMo+AAoJEO6Yy60Eea9+p8EH/RcRxGYUC1uqQoBs1JJMuOpJ > s63RrSJWQQMxQ4rzYLUyk+97wX8rstLR3EXOhvNk6rSCnBhFperBvihQBJODEpSQ > QhM9jl4U35KbJ1pRFDNzV0VMKqa7CSjQVvWfxUm/cD3WMsqXeazEjK3wUjRL9OYJ > nMYchI3cLA6srhdDj9qFJasCmaABH5fvJ6qlcOQR1Ph1nUW/JDFlhR9wHVHpT8cT > OQNHH8DL3kqOTVV8pVU28ECQ2RSunUJWOA7Szu4gDgckD1JxvilugZRdGaUc1PB5 > q2ouI1To58lbo9ynt9utjJ790KysKMAYkloHYZ75sU5/KKVsxSP9esGL/GvQhhg= > =FTQW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > -- Netbreeze - Web Development http://www.netbreeze.com.au Phone: 1800 888 981 Mobile: 0410 258 253
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