On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:53:36 +0530, you wrote: >Till now I don't see any real reason for developing gnome-shell -- it >appears to be a complete waist of effort. All enhancements that people >are liking here can be easily done in the classic desktop.
Gnome Shell is necessary, trying to bolt on the newer stuff that today's hardware allows and people expect to the existing code would be asking for trouble. I actually find Gnome Shell to be quite interesting and exciting, even if I find it unusable and need to leave Gnome (depending on what it eventually ends up looking like). I think it will offer Gnome a lot of interesting paths in the future as it gets built on that couldn't be done with the existing desktop. My only issue, albiet a major one, is this obsession on keyboard navigation/must avoid having a taskbar at all costs which seems from my perspective to be dictating the UI. But if the developers believe everyone must use a keyboard to navigate Gnome Shell, that is certainly their, and Gnome's, choice. _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
