Re: Back to basics

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On 16/08/12 22:59, Nuno Pinheiro wrote:
> To be honest to me all are desktops, but here I'm talking about the
>  mouse/keybord driven one, ym sure every one will get it...
> atention we rea not discarding all our eforts in all all of our
> other "desktops" applications, frameworks etc, but for the upcoming
> 4.10 we give a extra bit of "love" into the basics.... again by
> basics I meen the stuf most people use, aka windows taskbars,
> themes integration, etc.

Yes, developer and user perceptions are not always in sync.  For
instance, I understand the idea that system tool icons are a
monochrome set, and that distinguishes them from application icons,
but users don't understand that, and many complain that it makes the
panel look untidy.  I do wonder whether, if we want to keep the
principle, we should simply have the same simply icons but in a single
colour instead of white.  Of course there may be problems with this,
but if it works, something that annoys many users would simply
disappear.  Actually, I find the fact that they are smaller than
application icons much more annoying.  I assume that is because they
have to fit into a tray that itself fits into the panel.

I have a feeling that a brainstorming session or a browse through the
forum would unmask a number of things that are almost irrelevant to
developers, but an annoyance to users.  Fixing those would give a big
boost to user perceptions.

Anne
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