gnome-control-center

[Matthew East]

Hi Oliver,

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> hi,
> On Fr, 2008-08-29 at 08:38 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recall that a couple of releases back gnome-control-center was
>> considered for inclusion by default in Ubuntu. Has it been
>> reconsidered for Intrepid?
> it is included since gutsy ... just enable the menu entry for it in your
> menu editor ;)

I'm aware of that, what I meant by "inclusion by default" was that it
would be active in the menu without requiring enabling in the menu
editor.

> i personally still doubt the usability to wait 30sec for a
> control-center shell window to come up

If that's not an exaggeration, then that would of course be a serious
issue. On my computer it certainly doesn't take 30 seconds, it's more
like 3-4 seconds. Do you know the reason for the delay on your
computer? If that's a common bug then of course I accept it is a valid
justification of the status quo.

> and then search with a search
> tool for the thing i need while i just wanted to quickly change a
> setting ...

Actually, it's easier to find an application in gnome-control-center
because they are grouped in categories. Looking for the correct tool
to change a configuration setting in the long
Administration/Preferences menus is actually very difficult unless you
already know what it is called - not all of them are completely
intuitive. That's ok for people who have been using Gnome a while, but
it must be hell for those who haven't.

-- 
Matthew East
http://www.mdke.org
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