Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-19 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 19Feb2012 12:35, les wrote: | On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 19:33 +, James Wilkinson wrote: | > Well, the accessibility icon (the picture of a person) in the top right | > of the screen gives you access to large fonts. More control can be got | > through the gnome-tweak-tool program. I would be cu

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-19 Thread les
On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 19:33 +, James Wilkinson wrote: > les wrote: > > The need to click to get to the computer is annoying at its very best > > and a real vocabulary expander in normal use. Every time I use one > > application and I want to access another I have to click > > "activities"

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-19 Thread James Wilkinson
les wrote: > The need to click to get to the computer is annoying at its very best > and a real vocabulary expander in normal use. Every time I use one > application and I want to access another I have to click > "activities" Or press the Windows key > my windows shrink > an

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-18 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Saturday 18 February 2012 12:17:53 les wrote: > I want more efficient use of my desktop. [snip] > Here is what I find in using the desktop as it exists in F16: [snip] > This is so ergonomically inefficient, so slowing that it adversely > impacts my progress. I sympathize. Gnome3 is

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-18 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 18Feb2012 12:17, les wrote: | I know that this has been discussed before, and I will go back and read | more of that. | The need to click to get to the computer is annoying at its very best | and a real vocabulary expander in normal use. Every time I use one | application and I want to

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-18 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2012-02-18 at 14:58 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: > On 02/18/2012 02:17 PM, les wrote: > > HI, everyone, > > I know that this has been discussed before, and I will go back and read > > more of that. > > > > I want more efficient use of my desktop. Pretty is nice for most > > peop

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-18 Thread Steven Stern
On 02/18/2012 02:17 PM, les wrote: > HI, everyone, > I know that this has been discussed before, and I will go back and read > more of that. > > I want more efficient use of my desktop. Pretty is nice for most > people and of course design driven types, but I am a technophile, clos

Re: Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-18 Thread Genes MailLists
On 02/18/2012 03:17 PM, les wrote: > HI, everyone, > I know that this has been discussed before, and I will go back and read > more of that. > > I want more efficient use of my desktop. Pretty is nice for most > people and of course design driven types, but I am a technophile, clos

Desktop desires and questions

2012-02-18 Thread les
HI, everyone, I know that this has been discussed before, and I will go back and read more of that. I want more efficient use of my desktop. Pretty is nice for most people and of course design driven types, but I am a technophile, closer to Sheldon (of big bang theory) than nor