Re: List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-30 Thread Maciej Marcin Piechotka
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 16:46 -0400, jordan wrote: On this point, is there such a distinction for gnome-shell? I'd love to be able to distinguish between devel and user discussions in my mail client... Actually, the #gnome-shell IRC channel and Bugzilla play the role of a development list,

Re: List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-30 Thread Olav Vitters
Do no one in particular: thread is closed. Discussion is going nowhere in particular and several requests have been made to make the mailing list a bit more productive. Don't forget that every mail you sent to this list is read by 570 people; please no endless discussions. -- Regards, Olav

Re: List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-24 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le lundi 23 mai 2011 à 12:24 +1000, Tim Cuthbertson a écrit : On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org wrote: Why? This is normal. Most projects have -devel lists / forums and user lists / forums. On this point, is there such a distinction for

Re: List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-24 Thread jordan
On this point, is there such a distinction for gnome-shell? I'd love to be able to distinguish between devel and user discussions in my mail client... Actually, the #gnome-shell IRC channel and Bugzilla play the role of a development list, so very few discussions between core developers

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-22 Thread Tim Murphy
On 22 May 2011 04:25, Ryan Peters slosh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 05/21/2011 12:42 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: The *only* potentially good reason I've heard for, say, wanting a window list, is that some users like using the mouse and don't want to have to use the keyboard. In some (not all) cases

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-22 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 12:27 +0100, Tim Murphy wrote: On 22 May 2011 04:25, Ryan Peters slosh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 05/21/2011 12:42 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: The *only* potentially good reason I've heard for, say, wanting a window list, is that some users like using the mouse and don't want

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-22 Thread Jason D. Clinton
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 06:27, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com 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 GNOME in any way. The

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-22 Thread Evandro Fernandes Giovanini
Em Dom, 2011-05-22 às 13:58 -0400, jordan escreveu: On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Jason D. Clinton m...@jasonclinton.com wrote: On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 06:27, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: It's extremely difficult to discuss anything if you think things are the user's fault in

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-22 Thread jordan
Hi Ryan, I hoped that it stopped a long time ago; this thread it just going in circles, as I said. Person A comes in and complains GNOME is unusable, Person B that may or may not represent GNOME (as I don't, to be honest) comes in and says suggestions and clarifies the design, and then Person

List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-22 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 15:18 -0400, jordan wrote: thanks Evandro, 1. WOW! ~ that is not a good sign. - This is me saying that i am surprised that more gnome-developers don't follow the list. - nothing more... :) Why? This is normal. Most projects have -devel lists / forums and user lists /

Re: List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-22 Thread jordan
Hi Adam, 1. WOW! ~ that is not a good sign. - This is me saying that i am surprised that more gnome-developers don't follow the list. - nothing more... :) Why? This is normal.  Most projects have -devel lists / forums and user lists / forums. As Ryan pointed out, there has been so much

Re: List / Support [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-22 Thread jordan
On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 15:18 -0400, jordan wrote: thanks Evandro, 1. WOW! ~ that is not a good sign. - This is me saying that i am surprised that more gnome-developers don't follow the list. - nothing more... :) Why? This is normal.  Most projects have -devel lists / forums and user lists /

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-21 Thread Tim Murphy
On 19 May 2011 05:01, Ryan Peters slosh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 05/18/2011 09:47 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: On 17 May 2011 20:55, Ryan Peters slosh...@sbcglobal.net mailto: slosh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I've had to acclimatise to all sorts of horrible interfaces after using

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-21 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 18:42 +0100, Tim Murphy wrote: No, design new stuff as much as you want - just: 1) Don't think you're right and they're wrong 2) Shove it down their throats and expect a thank you from all of them I find it funny that it's apparently considered shoving things down users

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-21 Thread Ryan Peters
On 05/21/2011 12:42 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: On 19 May 2011 05:01, Ryan Peters slosh...@sbcglobal.net 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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-18 Thread Allan E. Registos(x-mail)
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 menus, alternative status menus, docks, launchers on the panel,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-18 Thread Tim Murphy
On 17 May 2011 20:55, Ryan Peters 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 almost anything. I can even get to the point where it's difficult to get back into the

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-18 Thread Ryan Peters
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 menus,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-18 Thread Ryan Peters
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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-18 Thread Ryan Peters
On 05/18/2011 09:47 PM, Tim Murphy wrote: On 17 May 2011 20:55, Ryan Peters slosh...@sbcglobal.net 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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-17 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:55 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: ... It gives the impression the the core team has not answered (which of course is not the case) or does not care about what *we* think (we being the existing user-base and

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-17 Thread Ryan Peters
On 05/17/2011 08:18 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:55 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: ... It gives the impression the the core team has not answered (which of course is not the case) or does not care about what

Fornight [Was: We want task bar back. Pretty please.]

2011-05-17 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 09:40 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: On 05/17/2011 08:18 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:55 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: ... It gives the impression the the core team has not answered

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-17 Thread Ryan Peters
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, Tim

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Allan E. Registos
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 known to suspend successfully. For the record,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Elia Cogodi
What we're really talking about now is batch launching, so there were better solutions in gnome 2 and there are better solutions in gnome shell 1) install alacarte if you haven't 2) open alacarte and click new item 3) create a launcher with name e.g. Work Batch 4) write the command e.g. as: su -c

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Elia Cogodi elia.cog...@gmail.com wrote: What we're really talking about now is batch launching, so there were better solutions in gnome 2 and there are better solutions in gnome shell 1) install alacarte if you haven't 2) open alacarte and click new item 3)

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please

2011-05-07 Thread Matthew Planchard
I think that you have pretty much ignored the solution offered by another poster of using the click and drag method. I didn't even know that this was possible until I read the post, but it seems to be very nearly as fast as four clicks, especially if you're using a mouse. On Sat, May 7, 2011 at

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Justin Edwards
When I have a problem with something, my common first step is to use google. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2011-April/thread.html Justin Edwards Telelanguage Inc Network Manager On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Justin Edwards
He also said he ran KDE at home and was happy with that. Here's a solution to your problem. yum install @kde-desktop People really can help make change if they want to be beneficial. Creating extensions / patches is not magic or asking too much. If you really feel so passionately about the

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Christian Jäger
Am Freitag, den 06.05.2011, 22:51 +0200 schrieb Denys Vlasenko: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:25 +0200, David Prieto wrote: Denys, Having suddenly to learn a new UI is not what I planned to do this weekend. I have some other work to do. You do realize that

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-07 Thread Ryan Peters
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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 22:12 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: Nice help page. Just having a look at it for the first time. Ummm wonder if that's bad... Using Gnome-Shell for over a month now and only now noticing the help pages... Fantastic; I didn't know it had help pages either [although I

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:26 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: When F15 is release we should put this DL on auto-reply. So many of

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le vendredi 06 mai 2011 à 13:37 +0200, Denys Vlasenko a écrit : I don't like disruptive innovation when it is not presented as an option, but showed down my throat by force. Tell me, how the particular bit of innovation which removed the possibility to have app launch icons in top panes is

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:20 +0800, Allan E. Registos wrote: Adam: Does your GNOME Shell environment provides a Welcome to Your New Desktop kind of thing and then points to gnome3.org for tutorial videos? No. I don't recall a splash screen. I am just responding to a post that suggests a

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:51 +0200, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: Le vendredi 06 mai 2011 à 13:37 +0200, Denys Vlasenko a écrit : I don't like disruptive innovation when it is not presented as an option, but showed down my throat by force. Tell me, how the particular bit of innovation which

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le vendredi 06 mai 2011 à 14:06 +0200, Denys Vlasenko a écrit : Fallback mode *is* going to die in one of the next releases. At least that's the stated plan. Pointers? I don't remember hearing anybody saying the panel would die, and now that it's got rid of all deprecated dependencies, there's

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Marc Fouquet
I was wondering about the Alt+[key above Tab, usually `], i read about it, but it doesnt work here (german keyboard german language setting, self compiled shell on ubuntu natty). Same here (german language, Natty, Gnome Shell from PPA). However you can still navigate between multiple

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:06:07PM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: Fallback mode *is* going to die in one of the next releases. Regarding fallback mode: - there's no promise as to active development - but it should still run fine and at least critical bugs should get fixed - no plan to remove it

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Philipp Mohrenweiser
Yeah perfect, thnx it was deactivated! (alt + [key above tab]) now this works like a charm ! 2011/5/6 Aurélien Naldi aurelien.na...@gmail.com On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Marc Fouquet marc.fouq...@gmx.de wrote: I was wondering about the Alt+[key above Tab, usually `], i read about

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Ryan Peters
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 have

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Justin Edwards
I've been taskbar free for 4 years. I use workspaces wisely and would never want any taskbar ever again. People really need to hold their tongue if they have something bad to say and had to subscribe to a list that many people are on and have talked about issues for years. If you don't like it,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 18:00 -0500, Justin Edwards wrote: I've been taskbar free for 4 years. I use workspaces wisely and would never want any taskbar ever again. People really need to hold their tongue if they have something bad to say and had to subscribe to a list that many people are on

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread David Prieto
Denys, Having suddenly to learn a new UI is not what I planned to do this weekend. I have some other work to do. You do realize that you've spent more time complaining on the ML than it would have taken you to learn the new UI, right? It certainly doesn't look like you have other work to do.

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: I never said it was. If you want a viable, long term choice then I'd HIGHLY suggest to stop upgrading your Fedora install How viable for me. s/How/Not/ ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 09:33 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: Expecting GNOME 3 to be the same as every other OS is unrealistic; GNOME 3 is not a straightforward upgrade from GNOME 2 and requires re-training. I thought that was understood. For me, Gnome 3 appears as part of Fedora 13-15 upgrade. I

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 09:33 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: Expecting GNOME 3 to be the same as every other OS is unrealistic; GNOME 3 is not a straightforward upgrade from GNOME 2 and requires re-training. I thought that

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Ryan Peters
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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Elia Cogodi
If you don't want to leave the overview you can just drag each app you want to launch. It hardly takes longer than clicking, I can probably launch 4 apps in my dash in about 3 seconds - hit windows key - drag icon 1 - drag icon 2 - drag icon 3 - click icon 4 If I'm really organized it will take

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: Explaining: Now I need to move it upwards, then downwards. If I want to start four apps in a row, which I do every day in the morning, I can't go up and click-click-click-click, I need to go up, go down and click, go up, go down and

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:30 -0400, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 09:33 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: Expecting GNOME 3 to be the same as every other OS is unrealistic; GNOME 3 is

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 12:37 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: 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.

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 11:07 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: Explaining: Now I need to move it upwards, then downwards. If I want to start four apps in a row, which I do every day in the morning, I can't go up and

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Justin Edwards
Denys, If you talk to any group of people (grouped by a practice or philosophy) and say what their practice is unacceptable. Prepare to be treated in a way that is unacceptable. Your language came in a way that was insulting, so people respond accordingly. If this is your only machine and you

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 21:19 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 11:07 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: Explaining: Now I need to move it upwards, then downwards. If I want to start four apps in a row, which I

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:24 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 21:19 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 11:07 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: Explaining: Now I need to move it upwards, then

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 22:46 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:24 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 21:19 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 11:07 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Justin Edwards
Also for terminal, this is my favorite behavior. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilda_(software) Justin Edwards Telelanguage Inc Network Manager On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.orgwrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 22:46 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Fri,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:25 +0200, David Prieto wrote: Denys, Having suddenly to learn a new UI is not what I planned to do this weekend. I have some other work to do. You do realize

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Jason D. Clinton
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:46, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: Trying. Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app #1 launches. Need to open Expose again, so: Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app #2 launches. Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app #3 launches. Alt-F1, click - Expose

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Jason D. Clinton
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:51, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:25 +0200, David Prieto wrote: Denys, Having suddenly to learn a new UI is not what I planned to do this weekend. I have some other work to do. You do realize

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Philipp Mohrenweiser
Another feature i didnt know, and i use gnome for 3 years now ! tnx a lot! Cheers phil 2011/5/6 Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 22:46 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:24 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 21:19 +0200,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:19 AM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: Trying. Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app #1 launches. Need to open Expose again, so: Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app #2 launches. Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app #3 launches. Alt-F1, click - Expose closes, app

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Jason D. Clinton m...@jasonclinton.com wrote: These four apps are: Firefox, Evolution, Xchat2 and terminal. I don't want to launch and terminal every time 100% of time. I do it when I came *to work*. I don't do it at home. This is a perfect example of why

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Allan E. Registos
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 06:10 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: If someone is shocked by GNOME3 or claims they don't know the reasoning for the changes - they did not take any time at all to go look [so not knowing is a rather inevitable condition]. So anyone coming here [Hey, they found this

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Allan E. Registos
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:37 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: In addition, your claim that GNOME gives users no choice is incredibly false: you can enable Forced Fallback mode in System Settings to a GNOME 2-like UI which is meant for setups that cannot run the new GNOME 3. Wrong.

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-06 Thread Allan E. Registos
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 18:51 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: I never said it was. If you want a viable, long term choice then I'd HIGHLY suggest to stop upgrading your Fedora install How viable for me. How can I develop software for Fedora if I don't upgrade my Fedora? Developing includes

We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Denys Vlasenko
I just installed F15 (Rawhide). It uses Gnome 3. I resisted the temptation to switch to Fallback mode, because quick googling showed me that Fallback mode will be phased out in not-so-distant future. Therefore I am using the new interface. My general impression as a user is negative. A lot of

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: I just installed F15 (Rawhide). It uses Gnome 3. I resisted the temptation to switch to Fallback mode, because quick googling showed me that Fallback mode will be phased out in not-so-distant future. Therefore I am

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 08:30 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: To facilitate a more productive discussion, I will limit my rants^W feedback to one per email. So, here it goes:

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Micah Carrick
I too was put off by this initially. But, as was mentioned. give it a try and you may find you don't need it. I typically have a dozen applications going for work and I have adapted quite quickly. Took me about 4 days. That being said, I think it would be crazy not to have a good taskbar

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Florian Müllner
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Assigning a hot key for the activity view helps [I mapped Windows+Space, like GNOME-Do used to use] then if I need to I can pop in an out of that view without using the odd [I still find it odd] gesture/position scheme. Just out of

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: When F15 is release we should put this DL on auto-reply. So many of these I don't like Gnome 3 e-mails and they all end the same way. Does it ring some sort of bell when you receive 'many I don't like Gnome 3 e-mails'? The key word

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: When F15 is release we should put this DL on auto-reply. So many of these I don't like Gnome 3 e-mails and they all end the same way. Does it ring some sort of bell when you

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:17 +0200, Florian Müllner wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Assigning a hot key for the activity view helps [I mapped Windows+Space, like GNOME-Do used to use] then if I need to I can pop in an out of that view without using the

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:25 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: When F15 is release we should put this DL on auto-reply. So many of these I don't like Gnome 3 e-mails and

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:26 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:17 +0200, Florian Müllner wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: Assigning a hot key for the activity view helps [I mapped Windows+Space, like GNOME-Do used to use] then if

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: I've seen the lack of a menu come up so many times What does it tell to a developer when he sees the same complaint coming up again and again? That negative reaction to change is common. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread G. Michael Carter
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:25 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: When F15 is release we should put

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Thanasis Georgiou
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:31 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: I've seen the lack of a menu come up so many times What does it tell to a developer when he sees the same complaint coming up again and again? That negative reaction

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Brent Foor
Damn it gnome 3 developers. Because of you I'm getting work done faster and spending less time dicking around with my computer everyday. I know your thinking oh well we did our job then Well maybe you did it a little too well. What would have normally taken me all day is getting done in two hours.

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:31 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: I've seen the lack of a menu come up so many times What does it tell to a developer when he sees the same complaint coming up again and again? That negative reaction to

RE: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Mark Curtis
Subject: Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please. From: dvlas...@redhat.com To: awill...@redhat.com Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 19:47:47 +0200 CC: gnome-shell-list@gnome.org On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:31 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 19:22 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
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,

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread G. Michael Carter
I keep doing that... forgetting to hit reply-all, let's try again: Here's a thought. What about a dialog welcome box for the first users. (have a check box to go away forever) Then have links or info on how to use Gnome 3? Maybe a video giving a quick tutorial? Tips of the day? Then it

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: I'll give you a quick answer to that... When we first switch to GNOME 3, many of us did not realize we were not upgrading, but switching to a completely new beast. I actually had to take a day off work to comb the internet learning about

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Tim Murphy
On 5 May 2011 18:55, Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: I'll give you a quick answer to that... When we first switch to GNOME 3, many of us did not realize we were not upgrading, but switching to a completely new beast. I

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Denys Vlasenko
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: I'll give you a quick answer to that... When we first switch to GNOME 3, many of us did not realize we were not upgrading, but switching to a completely new beast. This is ...interesting. Perhaps in new release of busybox I'll switch dd

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 May 2011 18:55, Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 10:48 -0700, Micah Carrick wrote: I'll give you a quick answer to that... When we first switch to GNOME 3, many of us did not

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Denys Vlasenko dvlas...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:03 -0400, G. Michael Carter wrote: When F15 is release we should put this DL on auto-reply. So many of these I don't like Gnome 3 e-mails and they all end the same way. Does it ring some

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 20:29 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: 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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Tim Murphy
On 5 May 2011 19:29, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: There are hidden negatives too - the linux users in my office, for example, tried it and gave up or gave it no chance at all -  they are using XFCE or just

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 May 2011 19:29, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: There are hidden negatives too - the linux users in my office, for example, tried

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
Boy i wish I read my responses more carefully.. my English is generally better than this :P sri On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 May 2011 19:29, Sriram Ramkrishna

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Tim Murphy
On 5 May 2011 21:44, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: Boy i wish I read my responses more carefully.. my English is generally better than this :P sri Please don't worry on my account - my fingers tend to write whole words that my brain did not specify or miss out ones that it did

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Tim Murphy tnmur...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 May 2011 21:44, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: Boy i wish I read my responses more carefully.. my English is generally better than this :P sri Please don't worry on my account - my fingers tend to

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Ryan Peters
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

Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-05 Thread Allan E. Registos
On Friday, 06 May, 2011 02:37 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: 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

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