On 03/04/12 10:26, Vernon Cole wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Rodney Dawes <rodney.da...@ubuntu.com > <mailto:rodney.da...@ubuntu.com>> wrote: > > Ditën e Mon, 02/04/2012 më 13.57 -0600, Vernon Cole ka shkruar: > > So there it is. All we want is all the new stuff -- along with > > everything we had before. Is that too much to ask? > > There is nothing preventing you from installing and using the classic > gnome interface. > > > I tried that once, and got only old generic gnome stuff. all of the neat > Ubuntu stuff was missing. As I said, I am greedy and want both.
More and more applets are being ported to GTK+3 and will be available in the classic mode of gnome 3. For example with the 12.04 release you can install the indicator-applet package again, which gives you back all the nice indicators that ubuntu used to have in gnome 2 in older versions. Together with the gnome-tweak-tool there is really not much difference to how gnome 2 used to be. > > > This list isn't about Unity design or implementation details discussion. > If you want to discuss those problems, file bugs or bring it up on the > appropriate Unity list (probably unity-design). > > > Dear Rodney: > > Perhaps you have actually pinpointed the problem. If Unity developers > don't realize that they are also Ubuntu developers, then no wonder > things don't work quite like they ought. Maybe somebody in this group > needs to make sure that somebody from that group is assigned to follow > this one. > > At your suggestion, I went looking around for some "appropriate" > list. I found a blog which seems to be used by the designers to talk > with each other, but no list as such, or much of a way for an outsider > to present ideas -- especially critical ideas. Do you have a URL to > refer me to, or were you just trying to get rid of a lurker? I am > _trying_ to contribute to my favorite distro, and I have learned over > the years that a timely question from a concerned onlooker can sometimes > eliminate real problems. When you are driving down the road and notice > that people keep pointing at your car, you probably should stop and find > out what they are pointing at -- it's probably the gas cap you forgot to > replace. > > A quick glance at the Unity blogs makes me fear that they are so busy > envisioning the wonderful trees they are planning to grow, that they > have forgotten to tend the forest today. I have been guilty of the same > thing -- so busy making a new program design elegant. that I forgot that > I also had to make it _work_. > > Please forward this to the "appropriate" persons. I'm afraid that > pointing and shouting warnings is really the most I can contribute. > Learning how to navigate your bureaucracy and whom to lobby is a bit > beyond me. > -- > Vernon > > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss