Re: We want task bar back. Pretty please.

2011-05-18 Thread Gerald Henriksen
On Tue, 17 May 2011 09:40:09 -0500, you wrote: >On 05/17/2011 08:18 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> A bit late, but I finally got around to it - >> >> >> My feedback after using GNOME3 full time for 14 days. >> >> __

Re: Usability studies

2011-05-13 Thread Gerald Henriksen
On Thu, 12 May 2011 09:19:54 -0500, you wrote: >While the article was... interesting... I found a few notable problems >and false assumptions in it that disprove it's position: > >1. "But the danger of studying too much usability theory is not just the >temptation to assume infallibility." > >La

Re: notifications (window hints)

2010-12-01 Thread Gerald Henriksen
On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:43:32 -0500, you wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: >> Sorry for vague terminology here, I'm not an expert. :) >> >> so, in GNOME 2, an app can set some kind of hint that it wants to notify >> you about something, which causes its entry in the wi

Re: Gnome objectives

2010-11-25 Thread Gerald Henriksen
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

Re: Gnome objectives

2010-11-22 Thread Gerald Henriksen
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:06:04 +0100, you wrote: >continuing it. Do you thing the iPhone was successfull because it was >like all the other smartphones? No, it was because it had a new and >clever concept. The iPhone wasn't successful because it had a clever concept, it was successful because Apple