Hi Nadim,
I personally like your suggestions, but if I may add one more -
workspace-switcher as part of the default (one and only) panel.
regards,
--eZ
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim(a)nadim.computer>
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am a big fan of the Xfce spin, so much so that I use it as my regular
desktop and even think it could be a contender for replacing GNOME as the
default Fedora desktop (one can dream :-))
I have some experience in software usability and I would like to suggest
some small changes that I think will make the Fedora 24 Xfce spin work
better out of the box.
As presentation aid, please find these two screenshots:
Current Xfce spin default desktop:
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/static/images/screenshots/screenshot-xfce...
Suggested Xfce spin default desktop:
http://i.imgur.com/XUllDME.jpg
Explanations for the differences:
1) Removing the "dock" at the bottom: The dock takes up enough screen
space to interfere with the Anaconda installer during the Fedora
installation process from LiveUSB. This isn't obvious in the screenshot
from the website due to the high screen resolution, but has been my
experience every time I install Fedora on a netbook or a laptop with a
smaller resolution. It also panders more to people already familiar with OS
X, which is actually, statistically, a group far less likely to be the one
migrating to Fedora.
2) Replace the two bars with a unified bar at the bottom: The main reason
people still choose Xfce over GNOME is that it sticks to the traditional
desktop metaphor. As such, we should be playing to its strengths. My
suggestion illustrates a classic desktop style bottom taskbar, notification
area, launchers for common applications (these can be changed, the
screenshot shows my personal settings for the launchers), etc. By adopting
this style, we are maximizing the efficiency in which screen space is used
(helping solve problems illustrated in (1)) while at the same time making
the desktop more familiar to newcomers and utilizing more of Xfce's
strengths. If you like, we can also add a Workspaces panel item to the left
of the notifications area.
3) Replace the Xfce Applications Menu icon with the Fedora logo:
Self-explanatory, aids with better branding integration, makes the OS more
cohesive, looks good.
4) Re-include blueman in the default installation: Right now, Fedora Xfce
Desktop doesn't have any sort of Bluetooth management functionality out of
the box. This is an oversight that can easily be fixed by shipping with
either blueman or xfce-bluetooth packaged by default in Fedora 24.
I strongly think these changes will make Fedora Xfce Desktop 24 much
better. How can we get them to be included? What's the procedure?
Regards,
Nadim
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