Re: GNOME 2.0 must-fix list Volunteers?

[Brian Crescimanno <darksheer fotographix com>]

Seth:

If you would prefer, I could head up the group doing testing on
Nautilus.  We'll talk about it further later, I just wanted to let ya
know I was willing to do it if you felt you'd be biased.

Also, I'm still willing to handle the login manager as well...I
definately have a lot of ideas for that...and as it is not one of the
larger parts of the system, taking responsibility for it won't take TOO
much time.

Brian

On 12 Aug 2001 22:58:28 -0700, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > I think we should assign people responible for various
> > aspects of the GNOME desktop. I have prposed some
> > names. The people assigned to the project should come
> > up with proposals for the usability must do/fixes. 
> > 
> > So what have I missed out - anybody want to voluteer?
> 
> Just to be clear so people don't shy away from this... The
> responsibility is only for forming a must-fix list for that aspect of
> GNOME. Its some measure of work but it doesn't require long term
> commitment (it would be best to have a few people working on each area)
> I suggest you look at the application as a "new user" of the application
> would. Create a new user account, try it with the default settings. What
> might somebody try to do with the application and where might they mess
> up? What things about it confound you most? What things stand in the way
> of working efficiently?
>  
> And of course, these are proposals which we'll discuss together, so feel
> free to leave some things as questions or FIXMEs.
> 
> > 1) Menus and Applications (Nils +??)
> >         Application menus (foot and foobar)
> >         Menu Panel Editing
> >         Initial Panel(s) and Applets (gadgets)
> >         Icons
> >         Application Launch Feedback
> > 	Taskbar and generic application switching, manipulating
> 
> > 2) Nautilus (Seth??)
> >         Inital view
> >         Desktop background
> >         Desktop Icons
> > 	Virtual (non filesystem) views?
> 
> I can do this, but it might actually be better to have somebody review
> Nautilus that doesn't already have emotional blinders on ;-)
>   
> > 3) Control Center and Meta Themer (??)
> 
> Suz and I have started looking at this, and I have some mockups and
> ideas for how to improve it. This is less of a "must fix" list than the
> others since its already being largely rewritten.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Seth
> 
> 
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