On 4/6/07, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Il giorno ven, 30/03/2007 alle 12.37 -0700, Corey Burger ha scritto: > > On 3/30/07, rohit sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have keenly been tracking progress of feisty fawn (since i plan to > > > migrate > > > to ubuntu linux). > > > > > > Whilst viewing the screenshots of feisty fawn's alpha releases i noticed a > > > noteworthy change: the introduction of the gnome control center in the > > > system menu. This replaced the preferences and administration tabs. not > > > only > > > was the control center a more visually appealing option, it was also > > > easier > > > to use as it categorized all the tasks (against the two over sized menus). > > > > > > Very unfortunately though, in the latest beta release the control center > > > has > > > been replaced by the same old tabs (preferences and administration). > > > do hope you give a thought to the control center. > > > > > > sincerely, > > > ruffrohit. > > > > This is certainly not the correct list to discuss this, but I will > > tell you why the control centre was removed: it was too slow. The menu > > opens on a cold boot in about 2 secs and less than 1 sec warm (after > > the panel has cached the information). The control centre took about 3 > > to 6 secs on the fastest of my machines. You then had to find it. So > > not only was it slower, it didn't make anything easier to find (as 2-d > > searching is slower than 1-d) for new people and make all that muscle > > memory for exisiting users useless. In other words, it was a bad > > change. > > > > What actually does need to happen is a merging of various > > configuration options by upstream, in this case GNOME, to make the > > list shorter, not a bandaid like the control centre. > > I'm not convinced that this is true. The control-center was removed > because the code was extremely buggy, but as far as I know the intention > is to work on that and include it with the next release. I personally > think it is an excellent concept which is the way forward in terms of > presentation of configuration options to the user. > > You're right that several configuration options need to be merged, but > that is a separate consideration, which is also a goal for upstream and > can be done together with implementing the control-center. > > Matt
One of the other reasons it was disabled is because it really doesn't solve the problem of having too many configuration dialogues, it merely hides the issue. Further, 2-d searching is more difficult than 1-d. Corey -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
