On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Bojan Smojver <bojan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > drago01 <drago01 <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> Not true ... I recommend reading >> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/#Activities_Overview > > Just one link, so you wouldn't say I'm plucking things out of thin air: > > https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/FAQ#Why_no_window_list_or_dock.3F > > This explains... <sorry, was just chewing my gum there>... how users are being > told that "constant temptation to switch focus" is evil. Ergo, the wonderful > kitchen sink overview that does all that and more for them. > > You know, I go around my place and my daughters and my wife do nothing all day > but click on those darn taskbar/dock buttons in Windows/OSX, switching tasks > aimlessly. Sometimes I have to give them a jolt, just to get them out of the > daze of task switching. If _only_ they had overview... :-) > > Seriously for a second, I can also write anything I want in some design document > that rationalises whatever design choice I want to make. Doesn't make it good, > useful or sane in real life. > > Anyhow, I think I've made my points known. Don't want to wake the list police, > so last post on this topic. I didn't comment on whether your arguments are valid or not I simply said that "confused users" was *not* the reason for the lack of taskbar. distraction != confusion. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
