On Sun, 2010-06-13 at 16:07 -0400, Jeff wrote: > Hello folks, > I looked a bit through the mailing list archives and couldn't find a > topic about this so far... Do the GNOME Shell devs / usability team > have any position regarding "showing icons (or not)" on the desktop? > (currently, /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop = False) > > While we have had icons on the GNOME desktop since time immemorial, I > believe those are unnecessary nowadays. They are cruft and file > placement micro-management, and I personally believe the Shell would > be a great way to fix the issues that caused this relic to exist. > > Any thoughts? Outrage? Insults? :) > (I wanted to keep this mail short just to "test the waters", but I > could make a proper essay on PGO if some are interested) > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
I agree, they are unnecessary. At the moment I am using the AWN (Avant Window Navigator) to do all my application launching, and the file browser launcher for this provides an easy way to access devices. I haven't yet got that used to using the activities panel for launching applications, or accessing devices, I find using the AWN just requires one mouse movement and one click, not two mouse movements and a click (or drag) as with just the gnome shell. I think including something like the AWN bar in the gnome shell should be considered. Chris _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
