<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 20/09/11 22:04, Jeremy Bicha wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CAAajCMapBi6518f8erVFoRkM83jE44uT6Z2BDWyC89emDuDxVg@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 20 September 2011 08:56, Charline <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Charline.poirier@canonical.com"><Charline.poirier@canonical.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">We have filed a UI freeze exception to add system settings icon to the launcher [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/764744">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/764744</a>]. This bug is critical. It would be much appreciated if you could add a comment acknowledging this bug so it can be fixed promptly. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I disagree that the bug is critical. In fact, pitti and I already commented on the bug report that the proposed change would make things worse for netbook and even some laptop users by reducing the amount of space for running apps in the launcher by default. </pre> </blockquote> In usability testing this has been repeatedly an issue. Participants failed any task that requires they use system settings. System settings is critical to users and critical to adoption. We should include by default in the launcher anything that is critical to usage. It would be a great improvement if we could fix this now. <blockquote cite="mid:CAAajCMapBi6518f8erVFoRkM83jE44uT6Z2BDWyC89emDuDxVg@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> But since we're talking about adding things to the launcher, no one from Design has commented on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pad.lv/778289">http://pad.lv/778289</a> despite it being brought up a few times on the Ayatana list. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha </pre> </blockquote> <div class="moz-signature">-- <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Linux)"> <meta name="AUTHOR" content="Charline "> <meta name="CREATED" content="20091102;9244900"> <meta name="CHANGEDBY" content="Charline "> <meta name="CHANGED" content="20091102;9390400"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre>CHARLINE POIRIER Acting Head of Design Canonical 27th floor, 21-24 Millbank Tower London SW1P 4QP UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7630 2491 Mob: +44 (0) 78 8695 4514 <a href="http://www.Ubuntu.com/">www.Ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://www.Ubuntu.com/"><http://www.Ubuntu.com/></a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.Canonical.com">www.Canonical.com</a> <a href="http://www.Canonical.com/"><http://www.Canonical.com/></a></pre> </div> </body> </html>