Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-23 Thread Rodrigo Moya
On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 04:33 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Alex Graveley wrote: Slab is a better system and GNOME should use it by default, IMHO :) Does Novell actually want to propose it anytime soon? yes, we are discussing how to integrate it better -- Rodrigo Moya

New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread theblues gnr
Will Novell's new 'slab'[1] menu be included in GNOME 2.18, maybe as the default option? I know the many providers of GNOME have a different target user, and each provides a different panel setup for them. However, I think it would be the best for the GNOME project if that default was as close

Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread theblues gnr
From: Alex Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: desktop-devel-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18? Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:01:58 +0100 This kind of testing annoys me a bit. I'm sure any user who becomes naturally used to GNOME would be confused by Mac OS or Windows layout. I'm

Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread David Nielsen
tir, 22 08 2006 kl. 17:53 -0300, skrev theblues gnr: I don't think an usability test has ever been done with the current layout. At least I never heard of one. BetterDesktop seems to have done this, slab is part of the result of those tests. - David Nielsen

Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread Davyd Madeley
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:05:50PM +0200, David Nielsen wrote: tir, 22 08 2006 kl. 17:53 -0300, skrev theblues gnr: I don't think an usability test has ever been done with the current layout. At least I never heard of one. BetterDesktop seems to have done this, slab is part of the

Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread Alex Graveley
Slab is a better system and GNOME should use it by default, IMHO :) -Alex David Nielsen wrote: tir, 22 08 2006 kl. 17:53 -0300, skrev theblues gnr: I don't think an usability test has ever been done with the current layout. At least I never heard of one. BetterDesktop seems to have

Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread theblues gnr
From: Davyd Madeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: desktop-devel-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18? Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:24:53 +0800 On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:05:50PM +0200, David Nielsen wrote: tir, 22 08 2006 kl. 17:53 -0300, skrev

Re: New panel layout for GNOME 2.18?

2006-08-22 Thread Alan Horkan
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Alex Graveley wrote: Slab is a better system and GNOME should use it by default, IMHO :) Does Novell actually want to propose it anytime soon? Has anyone tried slab with the Alacarte menu editor? I'm wondering if a variety of menus will work okay. Just today I thought