On 22/04/10 21:26, Martin Owens wrote: > Hello Mark, > > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 08:49 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > >> It's a good point. The workspaces experience has languished, and I'd >> like for us to climb in and improve it substantially. At the moment, >> we >> do a half-hearted job - we ship what's there but as you say, only >> configure two workspaces. I'd be inclined to say "ship without >> workspaces" so that we are at least definitive about the position for >> the moment. >> > We've got to be careful about removing things, if we want development > and ideas to flow around these concepts for future awesomeness, then > removing them will only increase the barrier between being a passive > user and becoming an active participent sharing ideas and code. > > It's a little hard to participate in something when you don't know it > exists and there is plenty of examples of great plugins for various > apps, gnome, inkscape, etc that don't receive any attention at all until > they've gone upstream and become available to use by a wider audience. > Workspaces have existed in (basically) their current state for the entire duration that I've been watching, which is a long time, and have not attracted much in the way of innovation or excitement. Taking them out might actually spur someone to action ;-)
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