Re: The good, the bad, the insane

On 05/23/2011 06:47 PM, Allan E. Registos(x-mail) wrote: On Monday, 23 May, 2011 10:13 PM, Ryan Peters wrote: Before I say anything, let me state that I am not a developer or designer of this project. From what I've read *from* the designers, though, the decision was made for consiste

Re: The good, the bad, the insane

On 05/23/2011 09:52 AM, Martin Häsler wrote: On 05/23/11 15:13, Ryan Peters wrote: Hi Martin, On 05/23/2011 06:05 AM, Martin Häsler wrote: Hi , After having followed this list for quite some time, I now feel compelled to weigh in. ... The insane: Suspend/Shutdown: I think this is the

Re: The good, the bad, the insane

Hi Martin, On 05/23/2011 06:05 AM, Martin Häsler wrote: Hi , After having followed this list for quite some time, I now feel compelled to weigh in. ... The insane: Suspend/Shutdown: I think this is the first design decision ever made in any desktop which made me angry. Leaving aside, th

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/22/2011 10:23 AM, Jason D. Clinton wrote: On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 06:27, Tim Murphy wrote: It's extremely difficult to discuss anything if you think things "are the user's fault" in user interfaces. To make it absolutely crystal clear; you haven't been speaking to anyone who represents G

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/21/2011 12:42 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: On 19 May 2011 05:01, Ryan Peters <mailto:slosh...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: I'm sure that the development and design team would love to hear some specific examples of how GNOME 3 is a regression. I've heard a few before

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/18/2011 09:47 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: On 17 May 2011 20:55, Ryan Peters <mailto:slosh...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: I've had to acclimatise to all sorts of horrible interfaces after using better ones e.g. to Windows after Linux and you can get used to a

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/18/2011 02:54 PM, Gerald Henriksen wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:40:09 -0500, you wrote: Because your blog won't let me directly comment for some reason (maybe it's an add-on), I'm responding here: I'm very glad that you gave GNOME 3 a chance! It's a well-known fact around here that comm

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/18/2011 08:00 PM, Allan E. Registos(x-mail) wrote: On Thursday, 19 May, 2011 03:54 AM, Gerald Henriksen wrote: Also, the critics saying that GNOME Shell is "one size fits all" must >have never looked at the extensions or third-party programs yet. There >are already places menus, drive menu

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

First of all, I'd like to ask you to respond to the mailing list please. Add "gnome-shell-list@gnome.org" to the list of recipients of your emails so all of us, not just me, can get them. This is the second time you've done this so far, so I thought I'd let you know. On 05/17/2011 10:46 AM, Ti

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

However, the problem is keeping compatibility between releases, which I don't believe is a current goal due to the ever-changing nature of the project. It's possible for this to happen eventually, though. I apologize if this response is rather long-

Re: Usability studies

. I believe that GNOME 3, in reducing distractions while still improving functionality, is a step in the right direction. Regards, Tim On 12 May 2011 15:35, Ryan Peters <mailto:slosh...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: On 05/12/2011 09:28 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: On 05/12/2011 09:1

Re: Usability studies

On 05/12/2011 09:19 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: Also, I read a post on Planet GNOME a while ago that said how GNOME 2 solved some problems that the GNOME 2 applications menu had on low-precision input devices, which can be read here: And I found another error. I meant "how GNOME 3 solved",

Re: Usability studies

On 05/12/2011 09:28 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: On 05/12/2011 09:19 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: Also, I read a post on Planet GNOME a while ago that said how GNOME 2 solved some problems that the GNOME 2 applications menu had on low-precision input devices, which can be read here: Ah! Forgive me for not

Re: Usability studies

On 05/12/2011 09:19 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: Also, I read a post on Planet GNOME a while ago that said how GNOME 2 solved some problems that the GNOME 2 applications menu had on low-precision input devices, which can be read here: Ah! Forgive me for not including the link, my mistake! I cannot

Re: Usability studies

uld this option improve anything?", "is this widget necessary?", but with GNOME 3 I feel more at-ease as I don't have to wonder if my desktop is as efficient as possible. Some people don't tweak with their desktops constantly

Re: OSX Exposé, compiz scale windows picker question

On 05/11/2011 08:08 AM, Milan Oravec wrote: On 05/11/2011 02:42 PM, Ryan Peters wrote: You could try Alt+Tab and using the mouse to navigate. You can navigate the Alt+Tab pop-up with Alt+[Shift+]Tab, Alt+[Shift+][above tab], the arrow keys, and the mouse itself, which is a nice touch. Granted

Re: OSX Exposé, compiz scale windows picker question

ee why not. It is quick way to switch between applications and it is not against design concept of gnome-shell, what I think and hope. Thank you very much! Best regards Milan. ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/m

Re: Feature Request

On 05/09/2011 04:25 AM, kaddy...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All I am using Gnome 3 / Gnome-shell on ArchLinux... As am I, and I love it :) Feature Request: A new Category introduced in the list called "Recently Installed" Which obviously shows your last few applications you installed so you can quick

Re: [Usability] Too much distraction-free computing

On 05/07/2011 10:43 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: On 05/07/2011 10:08 AM, Andre Klapper wrote: 2. super fast application access Ok, there is top-left corner and dash, but it requires a lot of mouse movements and screen redrawing, to reach an app, that you want, and it is totally not superfast. You

Re: [Usability] Too much distraction-free computing

On 05/07/2011 10:08 AM, Andre Klapper wrote: 2. super fast application access Ok, there is top-left corner and dash, but it requires a lot of mouse movements and screen redrawing, to reach an app, that you want, and it is totally not superfast. You can type the first letters of the app's name

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/07/2011 01:13 AM, Allan E. Registos wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:26 -0500, Jason D. Clinton wrote: This is a perfect example of why people should feel comfortable using suspend-to-RAM on Linux. And that's why we made it the default if the kernel tells us that your laptop hardware is kno

Re: Close button is sometimes missing.

On 05/06/2011 08:32 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: In Gnome 3, some popup windows don't have [x] close button at the top right corner. I need to find and click [Cancel] button instead. See the attached screenshot. Why? ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list

Re: Why Favorites are not on the top bar?

On 05/06/2011 01:38 PM, G. Michael Carter wrote: What about writing the dock extension so it's a button like the places or drive menu. That way people can get their "Menu" sort of speak with out interfering with the design. While that sounds nice, it duplicates the features GNOME 3 already has

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/06/2011 11:16 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On my previous installation - Fedora 13 - it was Gnome 2. I just installed Fedora 15 and it uses Gnome 3. Oops. Having suddenly to learn a new UI is not what I planned to do this weekend. I have some other work to do. If you don't want to learn a new

Re: Why Favorites are not on the top bar?

On 05/06/2011 08:46 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: Since top bar still exists, and the place where icons used to be now is not used for anything, what about making it possible to have Favorites *there* There are a lot of different screen sizes; some are big and some are very small. GNOME 3 wants to b

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/06/2011 06:37 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 17:36 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: Somebody needs to take this thread out back behind the shed and put a bullet through it's head for the good of humanity, so I volunteer to do so. Denys, GNOME 3 is a radical change and you

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

On 05/05/2011 05:36 PM, Ryan Peters wrote: Also, it's faster to start an application that you didn't add to favorites in GNOME 2 Ack! Error. I meant GNOME 3. My apologies. ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnom

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

Somebody needs to take this thread out back behind the shed and put a bullet through it's head for the good of humanity, so I volunteer to do so. Denys, GNOME 3 is a radical change and you have a right to be upset, but your responses have been rather rude. Asserting that the designers made the

Re: Request for a choice

On 04/30/2011 12:35 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: Hi, I am using Fedora Core 15 and am not happy with the new shell. I don't wish to start a flamewar so I'm not going to list any points about it or waste time arguing about the details. This link explains how I feel probably better than I could myself:

Re: "Gubuntu" - Long term perspective for Ubuntu with Gnome?

On 04/29/2011 05:43 AM, Marc Fouquet wrote: If Ubuntu sticks with Unity, do you think that there is a chance we might see a "Gubuntu" distribution, similar to Kubuntu and Xubuntu in the long run? I got used to Ubuntu, so I don't like to switch to another distro. But I tried Natty/Unity yester

Re: Some small ideas for the Shell Panel and Overview

On 04/09/2011 11:28 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote: On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 10:44 -0500, Marshall Neill wrote: I looked at the 'new' interface and have only 1 suggestion and I am not sure how to convey this. Right-handed people would seem to look to the right and moving the mouse to the right is easier. So

Re: GNOME 3 from Fedora user's perpective - request for changes

On 04/06/2011 10:46 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 20:36 +1200, John Stowers wrote: On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 07:40 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: Anything I launch a lot gets made a favorite, anything I launch infrequently I ju

Re: want dash to be always-visible dock

activities overlay quickly. I use that as a dock replacement and it's just as fast and stays out of my way without the annoying auto-hide feature some docks use to stay out of my way. Link: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions - Ryan Peters _

Re: Some suggestions

___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list I hope I helped! - Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: On the use of keyboard

an alternative method of switching workspaces, for example, flicking the mouse up while clicking on the desktop (like a gesture), or CTRL+ALT+PG[UP/DOWN]? I could get used to the up/down keys in time, but a gesture of some kind would be very helpful (and potentially useful to people with to

Re: Window controls for GNOME 3

On 03/01/2011 03:52 PM, Alberto Ruiz wrote: 2011/3/1 John Stowers: Admittedly it is usually windows users who I observe doing this, but I think it is wrong to assume that users; a) know that double click exists b) can actually distinguish that it is different from single click Not to mention,

Re: Window controls for GNOME 3

he close button by default, while some people might like it, I don't really understand. It "reduces visual clutter", yes, but I don't want to have to go to the activities overview just to close a tiny window, you know? Otherwise, I completely agree with the decision to remove tho

Re: Sujestion

On 11/29/2010 06:18 AM, Allison Vollmann wrote: Hello, first of all, congratulations for the amazing work which you make. I really think that gnome-shell is the future of desktop. I run gnome-shell on a netbook with resolution (1024x600), and the window title bar is fill an unnecessary size w

Re: gnome-shell future plans?

ee the latest progress, but it might be better to wait until the first stable release when GNOME 3 is released. -- Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Rhythmbox 0.13.0 crashes when I toggle Shuffle mode

On 08/22/2010 10:24 PM, Ryan Peters wrote: On 08/22/2010 02:14 PM, Kyle Baker wrote: For the past week or two, every time I click the shuffle button, Rhythmbox freezes for second and crashes. I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 with apport installed and its not auto-generating a crash r

Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Rhythmbox 0.13.0 crashes when I toggle Shuffle mode

table Linux distribution, if it isn't a hassle). Another thing you can try is running Rhythmbox from a terminal, and emailing us the output when it crashes, if any. - Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http:

Re: Suggestion: File paths in overlay search, apps in order of last use

Hello Sean, On 08/08/2010 05:03 PM, Sean Brady wrote: I was just thinking the other day that the addition of these two simple tweaks that would add some usability to Gnome-Shell: 1. Allow us to open file paths in nautilus/file browser when entered in the search. (this would be awesome) Bet

Re: Gnome Shell Message Tray Week 10

! I'm looking forward to your improvements, and God bless!     - Ryan Peters, Shell tester ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: some thoughts on gnome shell

f     Enjoy!     - Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: some thoughts on gnome shell

veloped by more organizations and companies than Unity and is more "upstream".     - Ryan Peters PS: Just thought I should say that I am in no way affiliated with the GNOME Shell development or design team, and I can't speak for them. My emails are my own ob

Re: some thoughts on gnome shell

or this, but it's too early to say exactly how it works. P.s. sorry 4 my english (I used google translate!) You're fine! Google did a very good job at translating :)     - Ryan Peters, GNOME Shell tester ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: some thoughts on gnome shell

re curious, the GNOME Shell project page on GNOME Live! has some interesting roadmaps, design pages, and an excellent tour. You might want to look at these considering GNOME Shell has 8 months until it is mature enough for GNOME 3.0 (hopefully).     God bless and sincerely,

Re: Recent Shell building errors

On 06/20/2010 04:28 PM, Florian Müllner wrote: El dom, 20-06-2010 a las 16:16 -0500, Ryan Peters escribió: On 06/20/2010 01:44 PM, Florian Müllner wrote: [...] It might be enough to force a rebuild of gir-repository (jhbuild buildone -f -a -c gir-repository), but

Re: Recent Shell building errors

On 06/20/2010 01:44 PM, Florian Müllner wrote: El dom, 20-06-2010 a las 13:13 -0500, Ryan Peters escribió: 2) The build-order of the dependencies is wrong. Clutter would not build for me on my first try re-building because I didn't have the latest build of Pango, which was

Recent Shell building errors

rch Linux, so I have the latest stable releases of everything else so it can't be a problem with that. - Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: query about applications being tied with gnome

re-filled" as Pidgin, but Rhythmbox is actually pretty okay for my needs. The integration isn't extreme; it's just a re-implementation of the current notification standard (whatever it was).     -Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing l

Re: Icons on the desktop

; (even though I'm using it right now and love it) and an extra six months would be a perfect amount of time to get everything integrated and functional as it is planned.     -Ryan Peters, GNOME Shell tester. PS: Remember this is just a proposal by a community member and that what I

Re: Icons on the desktop

l email with this idea. I do agree that icons on the desktop are redundant and we should get rid of it entirely (and hopefully replace it with an idea like this? please?). -Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org

Re: Screencast VP8/WebM support?

On 06/03/2010 11:29 AM, Owen Taylor wrote: On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 10:38 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: I have recently tried out the fantastic GNOME Shell built-in screencast recorder, and while looking through the gconf settings for it, I was reminded that it saves videos in Theora format. Since

Screencast VP8/WebM support?

at least available as an option? On a related note, is it planned/allowed to be able to record audio as well as video? -Ryan Peters ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list

Re: Gnome-Shell building fails on Arch Linux

Nevermind. I just re-started it and it runs perfectly now. Props to the GNOME Shell team for working so hard :D! From: Ryan Peters To: Florian Müllner Cc: gnome-shell-list@gnome.org Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 9:39:18 PM Subject: Re: Gnome-Shell building fails

Re: Gnome-Shell building fails on Arch Linux

t;reply to list" feature Thunderbird has :\) ____ From: Ryan Peters To: Florian Müllner Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 9:37:56 PM Subject: Re: Gnome-Shell building fails on Arch Linux Tried that and it compiled perfectly! Thank you so much! However, when I run the Shell, I get this af

Re: Gnome-Shell building fails on Arch Linux

Just tried that now. Results: make[4]: Entering directory `/home/ryan/gnome-shell/source/json-glib/json-glib' CC json-array.lo CC json-debug.lo CC json-gboxed.lo CC json-generator.lo CC json-gobject.lo CC json-node.lo CC json-object.lo CC json-parser

Re: Gnome-Shell building fails on Arch Linux

On 04/27/2010 11:45 AM, Alessandro Crismani wrote: Hi everybody, I'm using Arch Linux and I would like to build a bleeding edge snapshot of gnome-shell, however jhbuild fail at step 3 with the following error: ./json-parser.c:916:38: error: comparison between ‘GTokenType’ and ‘enum ’ If I

Re: Window management pie menu

On 04/15/2010 07:40 AM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: Good day, I have an idea to present that I would like to call the PieThrower. The idea resolvs around providing the user with an easy and fast interface to "throw" application windows to  different workspaces. The inspiration came

Re: Scroll to zoom in/out.

On 04/14/2010 08:57 AM, Tomasz Sterna wrote: Dnia 2010-04-14, śro o godzinie 08:35 -0500, Ryan Peters pisze: GNOME Shell doesn't need a dock, never will, and if you want a different way to access your applications, just use a dock yourself or wait until someone develops an add-on

Re: Scroll to zoom in/out.

/Microsoft won't let us do, mainly because it "isn't our system" if we used their OS's. For example, the CSS customization of GNOME Shell, or the panel applets in GNOME 2. I apologise if this email was interpreted as a

Re: Scroll to zoom in/out.

On 04/14/2010 07:44 AM, Mark Curtis wrote: Except it's arguably disorientating. Requires more mouse movement (to corner for overlay, then down to icon) Loses the "infinite height" advantage the window list had so the icons are a much smaller target > Subject: RE: Scroll to zoom in/out. >

Re: DockBar-style minimization

On 04/13/2010 04:44 PM, Tomasz Sterna wrote: Dnia 2010-04-13, wto o godzinie 09:52 -0500, Ryan Peters pisze: I simply mean to suggest an alternate, somewhat more organized way to handle minimization. I like that "docking" concept you mentioned, but why would it

Re: DockBar-style minimization (with crude mock-ups)

On 04/13/2010 04:53 AM, David Mulder wrote: May I point out that with my current understanding of the Gnome Shell, a Rythmbox implementation you describe should be relatively easy to be created using an extension.   David Mulder On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Ryan Peters <sl

Re: DockBar-style minimization

On 04/13/2010 05:00 AM, Tomasz Sterna wrote: Dnia 2010-04-12, pon o godzinie 20:19 -0500, Ryan Peters pisze: Problem 1: How do we handle minimized windows? All minimized windows are accessible in Activities overview. Either with application button on the sidebar, or by clicking on

DockBar-style minimization (with crude mock-ups)

I hope you understand and/or like my ideas! If someone wants to talk about this post or any of those images somewhere else, you have the permission to do so under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license (just in case). For attribution, the minimum required is "some person from the GNOME S

Re: Buttons in Lucid Lynx

On 04/12/2010 09:19 AM, Shane Fagan wrote: Nope it was the design teams work Matt Asay doesnt make those kind of choices in his job. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: My personal, totally ungrounded and should not be trusted in any way,

Re: Proposal: Use Ubuntu's MeMenu and Session Menu in the top panel

On 04/08/2010 07:05 PM, Shane Fagan wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 18:56 -0500, Apoorva Sharma wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: @OP Apoorva If I'm not mistaken these designs are already covered partially in the top right menu. --

Re: Proposal: Use Ubuntu's MeMenu and Session Menu in the top panel

On 04/06/2010 05:51 PM, Apoorva Sharma wrote: On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 10:23 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: On 04/05/2010 03:44 PM, Apoorva Sharma wrote: Would it be possible to make the panel system modular, like it is right now. I understand that there have been discussions that have

Re: Proposal: Use Ubuntu's MeMenu and Session Menu in the top panel

On 04/06/2010 10:46 AM, clive wagenaar wrote: On Tuesday 06 April 2010 16:23:55 Ryan Peters wrote: P.S. Maybe KDE is your thing more than GNOME is; they seem to care quite a lot more about customization. Ouch :) Well, it is rather true considering how each DE has their own goals

Re: Proposal: Use Ubuntu's MeMenu and Session Menu in the top panel

Gnome-Shell the perfect DE for them. That being said, there is no reason why the well though out positioning could be set as default. Just my 2 cents.  On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Ryan Peters <slosh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hello Apoorva, On

Re: Panel Size

On 04/05/2010 01:46 PM, Richard Silver wrote: On the same note when will we get any sort of settings? -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Apr 5, 2010 11:30 AM, Tanner Doshier wrote: Are there any plans to allow the vertical size of the panel to be changed? On a rela

Re: desktop scrolling

On 04/05/2010 09:36 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: Hi Is there any chance that you could implement changing desktops/workspaces via scrolling with the mouse wheel on the desktop? This feature is available in gnome via compiz, natively in kde and xfce. For me, it is by far the fastest way to scroll/m

Re: Proposal: Use Ubuntu's MeMenu and Session Menu in the top panel

oose. We appreciate your proposal (regardless of the fact that I'm not on the development team), but doing this is rather unnecessary at this point. - Ryan Peters, GNOME Shell Tester ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@g

Re: Suggestions.

On 03/31/2010 05:37 PM, Jason Sauders wrote: Ryan Peters wrote: On 03/31/2010 11:11 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 09:39 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: The last time I checked, most people didn't care about workspaces, and restricting the shell to only show one desktop at a

Re: Suggestions.

On 03/31/2010 11:11 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 09:39 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: The last time I checked, most people didn't care about workspaces, and restricting the shell to only show one desktop at a time in the overlay makes sense because it's easier to

Re: Suggestions.

On 03/31/2010 09:10 AM, David Mulder wrote:   First of all, the last time I used gnome-shell there was still a dock-style taskbar available inside the gnome-shell in the top-left corner. Alt-tab is easy to switch between recent applications and the gnome-shell allows you to easily switch betwee

Re: Why does Gnome-shell replace the current gnome-panel.

On 03/23/2010 11:22 AM, Apoorva Sharma wrote: Right now, gnome-panel is an extremely customizable and useful application. Thanks to the many applets that have been written, it is getting better every month. Furthermore, many of the improvements that are being made to linux distributions are bei

Re: Is the Minimize button still useful with gnome-shell ?

On 03/22/2010 11:55 AM, Glen Patras wrote: On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 19:01 +0100, Rovanion Luckey wrote: -- Yeah, that makes sense. The left side of the window could have "left" and "right" buttons for workspace switching (makes the feature more obvious to new users). It'd make it look a little

Re: Is the Minimize button still useful with gnome-shell ?

On 03/20/2010 12:12 PM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: I agree; there isn't much of a point to minimizing. Replacing it with something that sends it to another workspace/icon-ifies it or something would be a better idea. Hey that may not be such a bad idea. Why not place buttons, that depending on

Re: Is the Minimize button still useful with gnome-shell ?

On 03/20/2010 08:53 AM, François Jaouen wrote: IMHO there is 2 problems with minimize options : 1/ there is no way to restore windows in the current workspace without going to the Activities overview (which, by the way, make me think to vi command mode. Absolutely no offense here, but I

Re: Move across desktops

On 02/06/2010 02:04 PM, William Jon McCann wrote: Hi, On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst wrote: Hi everyone! I've been using lately the new way of navigating through the desktops, with the horizontal scrollbar instead of an overview of all the available desktops. I th

Re: gnome-shell, vlc and fullscreen

On 02/06/2010 03:01 AM, Ramon Martínez Coscollà wrote: I do not know if this is the place to post bugs, but there it is a little annoyance... both flash and vlc fullscreen modes do not cover the upper Activities bar, so it is not really a fullscreen mode. However, Movie Player works ok... Where

Re: New notification system

On 01/14/2010 01:23 PM, Florian Müllner wrote: El jue, 14-01-2010 a las 13:12 -0500, Dan Winship escribió: On 01/14/2010 12:41 PM, Ryan Peters wrote: 1) When changing the volume with my volume keys on my keyboard, [...] I got a transparent round-ish square in the slightly-below-the

New notification system

I have just installed the latest version of gnome-shell from ricotz's PPA, and I found a few rather pleasant surprises along with it: 1) When changing the volume with my volume keys on my keyboard, instead of Notify-OSD popping up telling me what it was changed to, I got a transparent round-is

Re: interapplication communication

On 01/14/2010 04:09 AM, Gianluca Inverso wrote: On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Gianluca Inverso wrote:   2010/1/5 Florian Müllner wrote: In the overview, right clicking a running app's icon in the app well will pop up

Re: Tested the latest build

On 01/09/2010 01:56 PM, Bob Hazard wrote: Yes. In fact, to a large extend it already is theme-able. If you have a look at ${install_dir}/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-shell.css. Right now, there is neither a way to have parallel themes installed nor a way to switch themes, but expect these to fal

Re: Tested the latest build

On 01/09/2010 01:56 PM, Bob Hazard wrote: Yes. In fact, to a large extend it already is theme-able. If you have a look at ${install_dir}/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-shell.css. Right now, there is neither a way to have parallel themes installed nor a way to switch themes, but expect these to fal

Re: gnome shell (zeitgeist integration)mockups

On 01/09/2010 09:16 AM, dani wrote: one of the most interesting things gnome shell is the ability to integrate with the striking new metadata engine zeitgeist. I made some mockups of ideas that could be functional hope you like. this is actual zeitgeist gui: http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-

Re: Fwd: Tested the latest build

On 01/08/2010 02:34 PM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: But the what features are in the panel, such as the activities button and hotcorner belonging to it, should all be moveable. You should be able to put your button in all four corners of the screen along with having the panel on the top or botto

Re: Tested the latest build

On 01/08/2010 09:40 AM, Florian Müllner wrote: Hi, thanks for your enthusiasm and interest! Here's shot at your questions: El jue, 07-01-2010 a las 20:34 -0600, Ryan Peters escribió: There are, however, some things I'd like to ask about what's planned for the nea

Re: gnome shell (workspaces)mockups

On 01/08/2010 01:52 PM, dani wrote: Hi, Im Daniel.P and i'm a designer. Few days ago i'm work on ubuntu projects, and now I would like to explain one of my ideas for gnome shell on graphic mockups. hope you like. mockup 1:(desktop) http://www.subirimagenes.com/imagen-defaultdesktop-3853468.html

Re: Tested the latest build

On 01/07/2010 09:53 PM, Stephen Rees wrote: Hey Ryan, Which PPA are you running it from? I couldn't find a daily build Gnome-shell PPA in launchpad... Thanks, ~Stephen On 08/01/10 13:34, Ryan Peters wrote: I'm using a PPA (Launchpad repository) of Gnome-Shell testing/daily builds,

Re: Re : Tested the latest build

On 01/07/2010 08:48 PM, Nicolas de Fontenay wrote: This is exciting :) I'll get the latest version to toy around this week end. Wooh! Nico De : Ryan Peters À : gnome-shell-list@gnome.org Envoyé le : Ven 8 Janvier 2010, 9 h 34 min 30 s Objet : Tested the l

Tested the latest build

I'm using a PPA (Launchpad repository) of Gnome-Shell testing/daily builds, and I just updated it last night. I'm working on it right now, and I have to say: fantastic job! I love it very, very much! There are, however, some things I'd like to ask about what's planned for the near future: 1)

Re: Gnome-Shell Proposed Mock Up

On 01/06/2010 05:08 PM, David Hamm wrote: "It also would be nice to see alot of the work already done on gnome-do moved into the shell." Just imagine a world were we all worked together on the same search box. We could form a search box so powerful it could shake the mighty *company that sha

Re: Gnome-Shell Proposed Mock Up

On 01/06/2010 04:34 PM, William Jon McCann wrote: Hey Ryan, On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Ryan Peters wrote: On 01/06/2010 01:06 PM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: Why is C# trough mono considered a slower language in comparison to any other JIT-compiled or interpreted language? 2010/1/6

Re: Gnome-Shell Proposed Mock Up

On 01/06/2010 01:06 PM, Rovanion Luckey wrote: Why is C# trough mono considered a slower language in comparison to any other JIT-compiled or interpreted language? 2010/1/6 Ryan Peters <slosh...@sbcglobal.net> On 01/06/2010 04:05 AM, David Hamm

Re: Gnome-Shell Proposed Mock Up

On 01/06/2010 04:05 AM, David Hamm wrote: For Your Viewing Pleasure. http://meson.us/x/GnomeShell/ *note new xcf is missing a lot of stuff from the original draft, this makes me sad but I'm to lazy to add it now. *glances at watch* I'm kinda skeptical the dock will make it in :*(, however if

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