On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 17:00 -0500, Mark Curtis wrote: > I just built from source and now see the new design for "more apps". > Here is a link to an image of what I see (yes I know I can scroll to > see more) > http://www.markecurtis.com/etc/gnomeshell/appwell.png > > This is very much a step backwards. While it does allow for more at a > time
Mark, you found the problem that will endlessly torment this design right here. Users do not want or need to see MORE apps at a time! They need to see the existing stuff better. GNOME Shell's overlay has the entire screen and some fantastic extensibility with which to do this. Now, I will concede that today's menu isn't better; the categories we use are woefully outdated. (My Internet menu, for example, has every app that uses the Internet, including Google Earth and Gobby). I DO really love the consistency you are going for here. I think new users will appreciate that, too. It's a welcome departure from the usual horrific split desktop environments have between closed and running apps. I just don't think the current representation of applications is the best one to spread across the desktop environment. Thanks, Dylan PS: And back to truncation, people who use larger font sizes will not be happy unless the icons also get bigger. _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
