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[GonzO <gonzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Finally, I deeply care about polish, consistency, bug-free-ness and
> optimization. This seams to be "unsexy" for developers and often gets
> the shorter end in FOSS development.

Preach.

> application and this trend is only going up. Especially on a netbook
> with Chrome OS soon being the main competitor (and not Windows) the
> browser experience should receive priority.

Not to mention, other apps are starting to use tabs.


> With some patching (i.e. less than making a tab indicator for the
> panel) I think a "wing panel" could work with tabs on top (just as
> Chrome OS has indicators at the top as well. But regardless, the
> indicator area could be smaller, we don't need the shutdown button
> there, it could be in the dash, we don't need a mail icon there unless
> the user has new mail, we don't need the full user name there by
> default. By slimming it down we'd win both space for other controls
> that are more frequently accessed and reduce clutter and distraction.

No disagreements there.  I, for one, hate the little envelope icon
which is actually a whole BUNCH of things.

I didn't want my IM icon merged with my Email and Twitter ones.

--G