Stephen Hahn wrote:
I would say that it is still under discussion. The problem of putting a reg icon on the desktop is that it does not allow for informing users of incentives to register. We are investigating ways of presenting "Next Steps" (and initiating registration) other than a simple web page. The reg icon can always be added back to the desktop if other approaches don't work out.* Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-08 16:43]:Since we didn't quite get around to implementing the UI spec for 2008.05, we've recently been tweaking it a bit for 2008.11 (and have actually assigned people to make it happen this time...)<http://opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/uispecs/indiana-uispec/> Comments welcome... it hasn't really changed too much since what we'd planned for 2008.05, bar a bit more panel reshuffling (to try and achieve a functional split of "actions and status" on top and "windows and workspaces" on the bottom), and some minor changes to accommodate upstream changes in GNOME 2.24.So, the icons for Back to School were, I assume, the result of some conversation, and make two tasks very clear: registration and package installation. Is there a new conversation that suggests that replacing these with a browser document--from which it is awkward to launch specific applications--is an improvement? For 2008.11 the package manager GUI icon is being placed in the upper panel next to FireFox and Thunderbird which makes it quite visible and it won't be covered by windows. It will also get a tooltip to inform users of its purpose, something that desktop icons do not have. Frank |
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