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[nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't understand these new gnome apps. Are they to replace existing apps from third parties?

Music Player = I love Exaile. Haven't found anything better and I've tried every music player I can find.

Video Player = Totem is useless software IMHO. I have nothing but problems with it. So I use VLC.

I don't use chat or empathy.

Is the gnome apps then to replace my use of VLC & Exaile?

Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:24:07 +0000
From: afccarl1994@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Should we move closer to gnome again?


  


    
  
  
    Maybe. But not for an LTS.

    

    On 12/11/11 11:19, Christian Rupp wrote:
    
      
      I really like unity and dislike GnomeShell for different reasons.

      

      But Gnome plans some really cool stuff such as the recent mockups
      for various apps.
      
      http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/gnome-design-update/

      and
      
      http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/new-updated-gnome-application-designs.html

      The question is shouldn't Ubuntu move as fast as possible to the
      latest gnome version so that they can implement most of these
      thinks in 12.04.

      

      1) Music player: 

              - banshee needs mono, is slow and still is a gtk2 app

              - rhythmbox looks ugly

                  --> help Gnome implement the music mock up and you
      have it

      2) Chat: the current look of empathy isn't really good

      3) Videos: currently we have a video player and banshee: banshee
      has a library, video player not but banshee will be removed

      4) network senntigs look a lot better in gs than in unity (here
      you have just to change the option in the connection indicator)

      5) notifications: i really like the integration of empathy in GS
      you don't need to open a window just type something...

      

       and: Online accounts is nearly useless in unity and their is no
      calendar (although I prefer Thunderbird we need a calendar)

      

      But a think most important is: the farer we got from gnome the
      bigger the differences and the harder for gnome, canoncial and app
      developers to handle different shells

      

      
      

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