A Look at the Upcoming GNOME 2.6

unmadindu writes "GNOME 2.6 is just around the corner, and I figured out that many GNOME users would like to know what's in store. So I installed GNOME 2.5 (development version for 2.6) in my box, and came up with a list of the new stuff that are coming up. (and just in case, copies of the article are also available here and here)."

Comments

Wow...

[unknown_host]

"and now it is much easier to manage one's wallpaper collection".
That does it. I am shifting to GNOME.

Re:Windows Longhorn renders all this obsolete

[Etyenne]

The release of Windows Longhorn ...

...due somewhen in 2006 will render a 2004 software obsolete. Hey Sherlock, here's a cookie for your perspicacity !

Re:KDE

[Anonymous Coward]

Would both of you PLEASE shut the FUCK UP so we can get back to arguing about vi vs. Emacs?

OS/2 lives again!

[Garg]

From the decription of the 'spatial desktop', it sounds like OS/2 Warp circa 1995.

We only had to wait a decade or so for Moore's Law to make it usable... :-)

Garg

agreatserver?

[WanChan]

You're sure about that?

Re:File selectors? Why?

[DreadSpoon]

Getting rid of file selectors all together is *waaay* too big of a change for a minor version increment. Maybe in GNOME 3.0, sure. But not just jumping from 2.4 to 2.6. That'd be like dropping a new VM in a stable kernel series or something. ;-)

you guys are so mean

[tuggy]

triple slashdotting??
are you trying to break a new record or what? ^_^

twist on an old alaskan joke.

[juggaleaux]

"My Uncle switched Linux Desktops today." "Gnome?" "Know him? He's my uncle!"

Favorite quote

[doktorstop]

One thing that always bugs me (oops, I mean... "enchants me") about these reviews is the obligatory sentence "slick and polished desktop". Look at the picture... it's an empty grayish uniform square with nothing on it... Now if the Gnome developers could only remove the remaining 1-2 icons and the menubar, add a command prompt right over it (alpha-channel of course)... would be an extra-clen super-polished desktop! Oh the joys of removing everything, and going back to the CLI!

Hyperbole is fun

[Imperator]

I firmly believe the Amiga User Interface Style Guide should be required reading before anyone is allowed to even install a compiler with the ability to create GUIs. [emphasis added]

Isn't this just a tad bit harsh? Imagine someone opening his TiVo box:

TiVo Quick Start Installation Instructions

Step 1: Your TiVo runs the Linux operating system, and if you install development tools you can use it to create graphical user interfaces or GUIs. Therefore, before you finish setting up your new TiVo, please read the Amiga User Interface Style Guide.

Step 2: Unpack the TiVo and the AC adapter (figure 1).

[...]

Step 55: Quick quiz: what do the Amiga User Interface Style Guide say about resizing windows that have widgets in a grid layout? Have the answer ready before you call Technical Support, or you will be put on hold while you reread the Amiga User Interface Style Guide.

[...]

Step 128: Profit!

Watch out for line breaks in article

[palad1]

Firefox was set to 800x300 , here's what I could read:

As a part of the Bangla/Bengali GNOME l10n team, I decided to give the GNOME HEAD

those bengali guys sure are strange...

Re:New File Selector - WOO HOO

[SQLz]

A new GTK file selector. FINALLY

I hope they remember to send the KDE team a thank you note.