Re: Re: My wishes list
Benedek Imre
nucleo at indamail.hu
Thu Dec 27 14:50:12 UTC 2012
OK Eero, I'm going to create some mockups asap!
Imre
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Feladó: Eero Tamminen <oak at helsinkinet.fi>Címzett: <xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>Elküldve: 2012. december 27. 10:2Tárgy : Re: My wishes list
Hi,
On torstai 27 joulukuu 2012, Benedek Imre wrote:
> I agree and disagree with you at the same time. Yes, one of the most
> important value of Xubuntu is it's lightweight, it's fast and flexible.
> I don't think the developers want to give up these values. But! There
> are more possibility to beautify, to give more uniqueness, to strengthen
> the identity of this distro by default. To do this is absolutely not
> equal to Xubuntu have to be heavyweight and slow. Some example:
> - I think the Settings are a bit helter-skelter. Why do I have to open 2
> or 3 panel item to fine tune the appearance? The desktop wallpaper
> settings panel is really awful. Some of the settings open a new window -
> I know its reason, but it's not elegant. If the developers redesign and
> reorganize these settings items and tabs they do not slow down the
> system and do not need more space in the release. - I don't think if
> there could be a unique application menu based on the application finder
> it causes slow down or Xubuntu will be heavyweight because of this. -
> If the 'About' menu could show a stronger Xubuntu identity it does not
> eventuate system slow down.
Can you provide UI mockups of what your ideas would look like?
You could use e.g. Glade for doing the mockups:
http://glade.gnome.org/
(Ubuntu has packages for it.)
- Eero
> These are just ideas of course. Yes, a lot of customization can made
> manually, but if we neglect the design, it's the same if Apple (for
> example) sells motherboards, CPUs and RAM moduls and everybody have to
> assemble them by himself. ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS IS THE DESIGN.
> Lightweight and design are not mutually exclusive things.
>
> I've read "Not that the beauty don't count, but"... so I know what You
> mean, I just want to declare design is very important (beside others of
> course) . Sincerely, Imre
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