Re: GNOME and non-linux platforms (release team please stand up)

[William Jon McCann <william jon mccann gmail com>]

Hey Jason,

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Jason D. Clinton<me jasonclinton com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com> wrote:
>>
>> So if it turns out that the GNOME community like the general direction
>> we've suggested for the control center, then sure, I'd certainly like to see
>> us widen out the discussion to visual panels as well.
>
> Has there been any movement with regard to the mouse-over pop-up menu
> criticism that I pointed out--that it breaks the metaphor and there's no
> precedent for it? There wasn't any response on the blog post[1] from the
> parties involved with creating the mock-up. Another criticism--not mine--was
> the 90 degree rotated text for category naming. I didn't see a response to
> that either. Communication needs to be two-way.
>
> [1] http://blogs.gnome.org/calum/2009/07/14/control-center-refresh/

This is pretty far off topic.  I think discussing a control center
design is really important.  But it should probably happen here:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnomecc-list/2009-July/msg00007.html

Jon