Re: Browser Mode by Default [Was: Nautilus]

Hi, > > The point here is choosing the right tool for the job is critical. > > Spatial mode nautilus does not address the massive amounts of data that > > computers can (and should) work with. Browser mode emulates a web > > browser, which is a proven interface for handling huge amounts of data.

Re: Browser Mode by Default [Was: Nautilus]

Hi, On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 03:56 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > If Topaz is moving toward a more comprehensive definition of "first > > class citizen" of the desktop, I think that the overall user experience > > will benefit from a widespread spatial paradigm. > > I think it's an important ph

Re: Browser Mode by Default [Was: Nautilus]

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 17:04 +, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 03:43 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > > > Not quite, the theory is good, but the implementation is lacking in > > > details. What made the MacOS spatial finder great was: > > > > ... and yet users will still ask:

Re: High Contrast Icons

Hi, On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 20:47 -0500, Rodney Dawes wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 13:42 -0600, Federico Mena Quintero wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 22:40 +, Thomas Wood wrote: > > > > > If an application calls itself "accessible", having high contrast icons > > > should be one of the re

Re: Proposing gobby?

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 14:53 +, Gustavo Carneiro wrote: > Qua, 2005-11-16 às 09:24 -0500, Eric Larson escreveu: > > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:17 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On 11/16/05, Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2005-1

Re: Proposing gobby?

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 12:17 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 11/16/05, Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 11:54 +, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote: > > > I subscribe the good opinion about Gobby, generally, but the security > > > of its network protocol leave

Re: Gnome 2.14 Module Proposal: Deskbar Applet

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 00:29 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 11:05 +0200, Benoît Dejean wrote: > > > come on : open gnome-system-monitor / top and sort by resident memory > > usage :) > > Quite simply. We do, and we don't care. > > There are some things that are so incredibly

Re: Keyboard usage on some Gnome windows not working

> > So in the interest of usability (and a little fun), I propose trying a > > short hiatus on using short cut keys and see what happens. I will > > report my findings on my blog (http://ionrock.org). > > Unfortunately, that won't be at all useful. Next time I will stick to adding tags around

Re: Keyboard usage on some Gnome windows not working

> Interesting. So my claim of "most" was off. It was a bad word > choice anyway. I would argue that 7% is still a statistically > significant percentage. There are ~297 billion people living in > the US. 7% of that is ~20 billion. That's entirely too many > people to ignore. This is more re

Re: Keyboard usage on some Gnome windows not working

Hi, On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 08:49 -0200, Matthew Thomas wrote: > On 19 Oct, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Bill Haneman wrote: > > > > Matthew said: > >> > >> In Windows 2000 and (I think) Windows XP, all access key underlines > >> are hidden by default. > >>

Re: New way to change volume

Hi, On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 06:39 +0200, Øivind Hoel wrote: > I thought we had this..? > > I rarely if ever touch the pcm control - I only use the volume applet > if I need to adjust my volume levels quickly up or down. The volume > applet controls the master volume. > > Say, I have rhythmbox an

Re: Moving to *Avahi* over howl

Hi, On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 20:07 -0700, Alex Graveley wrote: > Does anyone have any sort of convincing argument as to why an API > abstraction in this case is *needed*? > First off, I have not done any lower level development (ie technologies such as howl, bonjour, avahi). With that said, I hav

Re: switching to g-c-c shell? [Was: Re: Control center and capplet merging]

> My recommendation for the > new applet menu is to have a little search entry that dynamically > searches keywords/descriptions of the applets in the list. >From a usability point of view this is a fantastic feature. OS X and Spotlight do this extremely well b/c it searches through the help syst

Re: Modifying GNOME-About to count users

On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 19:39 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Eric Larson wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:54:40 -0400 > > From: Eric Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: desktop-devel-list@gnome.

Re: Modifying GNOME-About to count users

> I've been advocating a simple enter-your-email-we-won't-spam-you form I can't imagine any casual system will provide very reliable data so why worry about an email address. If it is the first time a person starts gnome, maybe ask them to let us know they are running gnome. Also, what about the

Re: Control center and capplet merging

On the usability front, I am not sure it is best to merge tools. While it does make some sense it could also be more confusing to the user because it forces the user to deal with fonts when they only want to change the theme. I think the larger issue is not how many system/admin tools there are but