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Ars Technica Looks At GNOME 2.6 [updated]

Posted by timothy on from the standing-in-the-garden-with-a-gun dept.

The Original Yama writes "Ars Technica takes a look inside the GNOME 2.6 Desktop & Developer Platform, due for release any minute now. It builds upon an earlier review of the GNOME 2.5 development series and their own examination of GNOME 2.4." darthcamaro writes "internetnews.com is running a story about the release of GNOME 2.6 today. They actually got a hold of Miguel de Icaza who had some real interesting stuff to say about it and the Linux Desktop in general. 'de Icaza told internetnews.com that a simpler interface has been the goal of GNOME since at least version 2.0.'" Update: 03/31 21:59 GMT by T : sn0wman3030 was one of many submitters to link to the GNOME 2.6 start page, including links to screenshots, documentation, and source downloads.

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  1. Re:Spatial Nautilus by Figaro · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oh...for that you go to the "File Management" preferences and set "Text Beside Icons".

    You could also turn on "Compact Layout", but that's pretty ugly.

    --
    :wq
  2. Re:Spatial Nautilus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    run:
    gconf-editor

    goto /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser

    enable this option

    "If set to true, then all Nautilus windows will be browser windows. This is how Nautilus used to behave before version 2.6, and some people prefer this behavior. "

    you get the old nautilus back by default :)

  3. Re:I just don't get the Gnome devs somtimes by FooBarWidget · · Score: 5, Informative

    The right-to-left order is used to MacOS X. As everybody knows, everybody on Slashdot worships MacOS X, and always praise it for being the most userfriendly OS ever.

    That aside, GNOME is actively moving away from the "Cancel/No/Yes" button order. They've been doing that for years now if you still haven't noticed. :/
    Instead, buttons now have explicit action verbs, like "Cancel, Don't Save, Save", just like in the much-praised MacOS X.

    "but any Windows or KDE user who tries out Gnome will find themselves clicking on the wrong button because Gnome has it backwards."

    Which further proves that "Yes/No" is braindead and should be replaced by action verbs.