[ubuntu-art] Canonical's approach to Jaunty

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Wednesday 05 November 2008 00:33:38 Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 November 2008 00:30:50 Michael Stephenson wrote:
> > 2008/11/4 Adam <gusztee at gmail.com>
> >
> > >  rhythmbox and nautilus or totem, or openoffice which is the ugliest
> > > thing ever.
> >
> > What do people expect from totem? its a media player, it has a viewing
> > window play/pause, skip forwards and skip backwards and volume, how do
> > you jazz that up without adding meaningless crap?
>
> waste less space, make it more usable and at the same time make it more
> attractive (I'll admit that some of this means gtk and not totem, actually
> I would put totem at the bottom of the "really needs work" list).

One thing I would add to totem (not theme/design related) is navigation using 
the arrow keys (mplayer does this perfectly, something to learn there if you 
ask me).

Looking at the typical ubuntu desktop: two panels taking up space, lots of 
wasted space in both panels, etc. there are things that ubuntu can change if 
they had a decent solution (lack of alternatives).

I would say that there is more need for gtk itself to change than most typical 
gnome apps. Firefox and OOo are the main problem children themeing-wise (the 
dark theme problem wiki page exposes quite a few problem apps).

The gnome panel simply needs help...probably won't ever happen, just like 
major gtk changes...too bad. But the more I think about it totem should not 
be listed as a problem app (unless someone has more definite problems they 
can list?)

--
Ken