I don't think launcher was the right word. It will be placed in the Dash, right? That way, if t a user wants the shortcut in their launcher, they can add one (like any other application), or they can leave it as a Dash-only item. On Jul 6, 2011 10:47 AM, "Jo-Erlend Schinstad" <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6 July 2011 13:04, Omer Akram <om26er.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > [snip] > >> Good news, in Oneiric system settings will be removed from the SessionMenu >> and an icon for it will be placed in the launcher by default, It'll probably >> happen around alpha-3 I guess :-) > > That is not good news at all. The launcher is being abused. It should not have > a list of mounted devices and it should not have an icon for system settings. > Mounted devices should have an indicator and system settings should have an > icon in the dash. That is to say, it should have its own lense. > > With regard to mounted devices, I feel strongly that they should have their own > indicator for these reasons: > > * Users don't understand why it's important to unmount them before > unplugging > them, but they will do so by mistake and discover that it > does no harm. By > using an indicator, we can use a green icon when the user > unmounts them > correctly and a red one when they don't, leading them onto > the right path. > Poeople do want to do the right thing. > * Placing mounted devices in the launcher makes the launcher cluttered and > people will not be bothered to search for them in order to > unmount, for > instance when they're in a hurry or is under stress. > * The launcher should be for "apps". Trash, desktop and window switching are > valid exceptions, but it must not become a slippery slope. > The launcher is > only effective when it only does what the user does often. > If it becomes > filled with other stuff, then it will become less inviting. > > I feel that configurations should be placed in a lense with an icon in > the dash for > these reasons: > > * Configuring and using are different things. So far we've only > had Preferences > and Administration, but this has to change. We should reach > for a way to > configure all applications from the same place. You will not > access Firefox' > settings from Firefox' menus, but from TCS (The Configuration Screen). > The settings will be available from GSettings and therefore > it is no longer > necessary for each application to provide their own, > non-uniform, config > dialogs. They will still be available, of course, but users > of Ubuntu will not > have to search for them. They will just press the Ubuntu > button, tap or click > Configure and select the application they want to configure. > Unity should > provide a unified way of accessing all common features of > all applications. > There is no unity without unification. This is quite > obviously the right way > to do this, so we should prepare for it as soon as possible, > even though > some applications won't be configurable that way -- yet. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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