Which Linux distributions are going to use it?
GNOME 3.2 Released
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Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#42Anyone else move away from Gnome recently? I've switched to XFCE and find the workflow better adapted to what I'm used to, I gave gnome-shell a month or two before I couldn't take it anymore.
I was sceptical, but become enthusiastic to the point of not wanting to miss Gnome Shell anymore once I realized how great it works with keyboard shortcuts. For example: hit the windows key, start typing a couple of letters of the desired application or document, hit enter. Fast, convenient, great.
Where does it work? Doesn't work for me in Gnome 2.32.1 on Ubuntu 11.04
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
So, to answer your original question, "What's with Linux and margins?": The people who don't like margins don't want to help. Now you know.
So basically the process of making a free and open OS is – sadly – broken.
Not at all. It works fine for me and for all the people who use it and, eventually, make actual, real, contributions to the product. Your opinion has been noted and, if someone cares enough, the problem will be fixed. If nobody cares, it's your problem and yours only: if you don't solve it, nobody will.
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was sceptical, but become enthusiastic to the point of not wanting to miss Gnome Shell anymore once I realized how great it works with keyboard shortcuts. For example: hit the windows key, start typing a couple of letters of the desired application or document, hit enter. Fast, convenient, great.
Where does it work? Doesn't work for me in Gnome 2.32.1 on Ubuntu 11.04
It's a Gnome Shell feature. It doesn't work in Gnome 2.
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I stuck it out with Gnome 2.x on Ubuntu, until I "had" to convert that machine to Windows 7 (for running IAR). Windows 7 is somehow an improvement over Gnome 3.
The window manager in Windows 7 is excellent. Double click a title, make that window maximize. Have a wide screen? Drag one window to the left, one window to the right and you have a split screen. The ALT+TAB on Windows 7 works without using the mouse which is salt in the wounds of GNOME 3 considering you can't do the above mentioned split screening/minimizing. Supposedly alt+` at least does the old GNOME 2 alt+tab b…
I don't know if you're being sarcastic but Gnome 3 can do everything you mentioned by default.
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please excuse my question, as I am quite design-inept, and often have no problem with whatever visuals are presented. I'm trying to figure out which margins are worthy of ire or inconsistent, for the sake of my own improvement on such visual matters. The only difference/inconsistency that leaps out at me is that between the content of a window and its border, in which case there seems to be a clear divide between pop…
I personally wouldn't cite margins as the biggest visual flaw, but rather alignment in general, followed by contrast. The very first screenshot on the page is a very awkward dialog: http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.2/figures/gnom... * "Use this account for" runs uncomfortably close to the account list. It looks bad. Couldn't they just put that whitespace on the right to use? * The switch labels (Mail, Ca…
File a bug per issue and it'll be fixed.
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
So basically the process of making a free and open OS is – sadly – broken.
Not at all. It works fine for me and for all the people who use it and, eventually, make actual, real, contributions to the product. Your opinion has been noted and, if someone cares enough, the problem will be fixed. If nobody cares, it's your problem and yours only: if you don't solve it, nobody will.
I would still call that broken. Sure, a lot of stuff works but some things just suck.
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#48Down to the "ON-OFF" button/switch it still attempts to look like something it will never be, MacOSX. Down.
Actually, I think I saw those first on iOS. I see every car has a steering wheel. There is nothing wrong with interfaces that appear consistent across manufacturers.
Some developer liked them from iOS, made a widget and then this widget became really popular with other developers. It is actually sometimes used too much, so some stuff might be changed in future again (normal checkbox or something else).
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I personally wouldn't cite margins as the biggest visual flaw, but rather alignment in general, followed by contrast. The very first screenshot on the page is a very awkward dialog: http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.2/figures/gnom... * "Use this account for" runs uncomfortably close to the account list. It looks bad. Couldn't they just put that whitespace on the right to use? * The switch labels (Mail, Ca…
File a bug per issue and it'll be fixed.
I don't use any of this software, I'm just responding to parent's question. But hopefully some GNOME developers are listening.
Re: GNOME 3.2 Released
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not at all. It works fine for me and for all the people who use it and, eventually, make actual, real, contributions to the product. Your opinion has been noted and, if someone cares enough, the problem will be fixed. If nobody cares, it's your problem and yours only: if you don't solve it, nobody will.
I would still call that broken. Sure, a lot of stuff works but some things just suck.
I still don't care