[ge-talk] Feedback on R2 Deskbar Mockup

[Ari Haviv]

On 12/14/06, Michael Phipps <mphipps1 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Ari Haviv wrote:
> > that's a really ugly theme...and you used it just to get that feature?
> > I guess that's the problem with themes. once we come up with a new UI
> > feature, all the old themes will be "incompatible"
>
> No - that was the first theme that I found a picture of that showed what I
> wanted to show. I can't find the theme that I used - it was dark grey and
> black. Very goth.


aren't they all like that? :)

> Another thing to consider is what makes the clock so special? I mean -
> just
> >> because Microsoft chose to put one in there, and Be chose to copy it
> >> doesn't mean that it is a good choice. I was thinking that you could
> have
> >> the toolbar act as a BShelf for any replicant that wanted a X x Y
> space.
> >> Clock could be one, but so could a hundred other apps.
> >
> > Clock is important. It's the only app I always need to see all the time.
> > And
> > you're going to have to deal with tooltip dates, time zones, time
> formats
> > and time syncing with atomic clocks
>
> Clock is important to many people, yes. Not as much to others. If you
> implement the replicant shelf, people can use as many or as few important
> little apps as they choose. :)


that's true-perhaps one could remove the clock if they want. But if
everything is too minimal and componentized, we'll run into some of the same
problems with skins.  There will be conflicts, both visual and
technical/support. People will wonder: where is everything??? and might not
give us a second look.

For example, compare the integration of some of Flock's features with
Firefox trying to do the same using various extensions. Flock is much easier
because they look at the whole picture and try to solve the problems in the
simplest way.
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