On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:08 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com> > > wrote: > > Is it a policy of Gnome Desktop to shoehorn users into fixed > > UI style > > instead of offering them reasonable choice? What next, > > hardwired window > > title color and size? > > > > There is no policy as such. As I said earlier, why not try it first > > and see how it works before criticizing the design? > > > > I'm a systems administrator I have a ton of windows open, I used to > > use the taskbar, and I don' and it's been okay for me. While > > something was taken away, > > Why something has to be taken away? I mean, unconditionally? > There is a better way: (a) make it configurable, (b) make it > "off" by default. If almost no one switches it back on, great, > it means practice proved that the replacement is better, > and it can be removed altogether. > If many people switch it back on, then perhaps it needs to stay. > > The default configuration is bare.. it's been like that even with GNOME 2. Your distro puts a bunch of stuff in there to enhance the experience. It's relatively the same with GNOME 3. As someone mentioned earlier, there are extensions that can put a taskbar on your screen or you can use any number of third party apps like Docky or AWN that can give you similar features. My GNOME 3 setup still runs docky because there are some things that GNOME 3 doesn't provide that I require. You're not going to get the perfect desktop from just the default setup. A combination of extensions, and third party apps and I'm a happy camper. So somethings that you might be taken away, in favour of something better. However, there are applications, extensions, a tweak tool will put back most of the experience back. The point though is that you should try it for a week as is. You might learn something. If there is something you're missing then discuss it here. sri
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