Comments on: GNOME 3 update + Module proposals welcome now!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:43:59 +0000

In regard to ghex, it is split into two parts, libghex which only uses non-deprecated libraries, and the program which uses many of the deprecated libraries. It might make sense to rewrite the program in vala and gtkbuilder.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:11:15 +0000

Dont forget the scripting languages!

Many apps are great (like f-spot etc..) but the very ability for somewhat “normal” users to create simple desktop widgets in their scripting language is a HUGE selling point for quite many people (be it on Gnome, or on Kde)

By: aklapper

aklapper — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:05:50 +0000

Updating my uncomplete list of interesting modules for myself:

banshee, dconf, f-spot, gnome-do, gnome-global-menu, gnome-packagekit, gnome-scan, gnome-shell, tracker, vala, zeitgeist.

By: ulrik

ulrik — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:49:51 +0000

Gnome shell binds the Windows key by default? That’s really stupid for platform independence. What will they bind to if you don’t have a Windows key? (Yes I know its not about the label on the keyboard, but my keyboard doesn’t have a super key..)

By: neo

neo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:00:44 +0000

Mårten W,

1) Red Hat has usability experts working on it.

2) Javascript has nothing to do with Java

Do some basic research before spouting off random nonsense.

By: suka

suka — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:20:48 +0000

@Sandy: Only thing you have to do is change the Shortcut for GNOME-DO as GNOME Shell is atm using the Windows-Key to open the actitivites overlay. Besides that I totally agree with you, lots of possibilities for better coordination here…

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:25:19 +0000

@suka Excellent, I’m glad they’re running well together. Still, if gnome-do were to be an official GNOME module, I would expect the two to complement each other.

@Marten: I think it’s interesting that you don’t mind using Mono (a VM) to run gnome-do, but you do mind running a Javascript engine (another VM) for gnome-shell. If you get a chance to try the new preview release, maybe you should do some performance comparisons to see if there’s actually an impact. Otherwise what difference does it make?

By: Mårten W

Mårten W — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:03:14 +0000

aklapper: I should have said javascript-engine then?

By: aklapper

aklapper — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:41:36 +0000

@Mårten W: I don’t get what Java has to do with JavaScript.
A first tarball has now finally been released – ask your distribution to provide a package that you can install if you want to try gnome-shell.

By: Mårten W

Mårten W — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:37:32 +0000

Well, I’m not happy about gnome-shell,
1. There seem to have been no input from any usability experts (at all). There is no working binaries for ordinary people (ordinary people don’t know how to compile) to try thus you won’t get the input you are after.
2. It’s written in javascript? wtf? I don’t need another java-engine running all the time.

global-menu seems very Mac-like and would be far more preferable than gnome-shell at this time.

gnome-do is almost a must.