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no appmenu-indicator or globalmenu on awn
anyone has the answer i seek?
awn has indicator support but i don't know if it has appmenu-indicator support.
I don't use indicators so i can't test it
What's the wallpaper, it kinda looks like the 10.04 default, but not really...
forgot to add it in the description
I'm just discussing in forum.ubuntu-it.org about the foolishness that took ubuntu development team when they decided to develop unity (a dock "that does the same as awn or docky, but adds some cool feautres and removes totally any customizability"), and you pops out with this cool desk that fully supports my theory!
However, sorry for the digression.. cool desk mate!
what are those buttons with an "S" and a mail icon in the top-right part of ff-4.0?
the icons are addon buttons (stylish, noscript and webmail notifier) with monochrome icons.
About Unity i don't know. I think Canonical is doing a good job making an easy to use OS.
For us customizers and advanced users its hard to understand why less customization is better because we don't hesitate to change everything to our liking. If we don't like something or think it could be done better, we search trough all configurations and sometimes ask google how to change something
But not for the basic user (you know those who use their laptops only for twitter, facebook, office and so on )
Too many options just confuses them or its too much of a hassle to read all the options and instructions
so most of those basic users use the default settings/desktops, there are even pc users who don't change their wallpaper xD
So a good default desktop is the key for a broader user base and with less options Canonical can concentrate on the core product
and by developing it by self they have full control of the product.
See ios, an uncustomizable piece of $%&§ (unless you jailbreak
because the default UI is good enough.
For more options one should install a tweak app (like ubuntu tweak)
change the source (thats why i like linux and open source)
or should use something else or similar (the modular linux desktop
Just my two cents
But doing so you remove one of most important things related to linux in general (and Ubuntu in particular): the possibility to personalize your UI according to your needs.
You're right when you say that a lot of users don't change even the wallpaper (I'm in my laboratory now, and all my roommates use Ubuntu with default configs and default wallpaper - and they're absolutely not basic users!
Until yesterday (metaphorically speaking) I could say: "Let's switch to Ubuntu! Ubuntu rocks: is really faster, cooler, and using it you can finally have the control of your computer!".
But, from tomorrow, what can I say? Something like "Try Ubuntu! It's not so faster (because win7 is really better than Vista, and can be compared with linux), not so cooler (because you have a dock on the left that cannot even be moved), and you have ALMOST the full control of your computer (all of it, except for the UI [wich frankly is a bit absurd])!! But remember: if you want, you can spend some weeks learning C/C++/whatever Unity uses, and modify the source!"
Obviously I'm exaggerating, but I wanted to make the idea..
See the iphone for example. It isn't customizable. You cant change the icons, docks etc.
until ios 4 i think you couldn't even change the wallpaper and most users were fine with it. But look at the iphone/ipod screenshots. With jailbreak and the community it can be modded to look totally unique.
And i think that should be done with Ubuntu too.
It should concentrate to make the default super duper goood so many many like it with the first try so it gets more attention from other companies and let the community serve the customizability. For this i made this mockup [link] of a tweak marketplace
And you're right when you say that the purpose is making a super cool default desktop (that moreover would be instantly recognizable as ubuntu desktop), but why not continue in making well done softwares that automatically integrates with system theme and that makes easy a customization?
I know that the great difference is in the fact that, since it's open source, with a couple of commands you can change a lot of things in unity, and starting from this someone will create a customization software.. but why not doing it by default?
PS: from the latest relase, now unity has partially heard me.. now it changes according to the gtk theme (even if not completely ;( )!
PPS: great mockup mate! I go often in your beautiful gallery but I've never seen such a thing! It surely needs more visibility, and be proposed as official mockup, because a stuff like that is really great! A question: but it's only graphically made, right?
However, I do what I can: I added it to custom-linux group!