Comments on: Social Desktop

By: serola

serola — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:24:50 +0000

I have mentioned this on EP forums, but I say it here as well. I think the netbook GUI should look like Tracker application (projects.gnome.org/tracker/) and it should use tags for all kinds of shortcuts: apps, URLs, files, RSS feeds etc.

By: rokky

rokky — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:19:38 +0000

I am with Kris, Krank, and Thomas Arbs – make optional/switchable. My EEE 900A and Fujitsu Lifebook are much more for me than only “netbooks” (why else would you include apps like Open Office that are most certainly standalone?).

If you want to improve the interface for these 600 pixel-high note/netbooks, they sorely need a window manager that does not let control buttons and text boxes at the bottom of a window fall below the “horizon” – one of the biggest annoyances I have found with this form factor (happens with Win2K, my “other OS”, a lot, also).

TIA,
rokky

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:35:03 +0000

This looks nice.
But please, make it dissapear when the network connection is gone.

By: Thomas Arbs

Thomas Arbs — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:46:14 +0000

I like the plan of a unified social networking application, just as there is unified messaging. It is, however, an application that comes to my mind, not an OS extension. As much as my netbook is a netbook, in some 40% of the cases I open the lid I have no network connection but instead do word processing and stuff. In those cases the thing must eat no, and I repeat no resources I need elsewhere, be it RAM, CPU time (and thus battery life), or screen estate. Which most likely can be had by switching it off, hence: an application.

By: David Sikes

David Sikes — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:28 +0000

I’m down with any improvements. Easy Peasy seems so… beta right now. I like the new interface ideas… it’ll really set it apart from things like eeebuntu.

By: Rwdub

Rwdub — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:49:41 +0000

Looks nice.

By: adicahya

adicahya — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:10:41 +0000

Before i comment, please note that t don’t want to make a flame wars.
But, why everyone doin this on top of Gnome? I think, KDE 4 Plasma would be a great (a beautiful in my opinion) platform to doin this.
Your mockup interface can be made from Plasma widget..
Sorry..don’t mean to hurt anyone.
Anyway, in term of netbook, please make everything as compact as possible, and modular.Especially for my original eee pc 4G :)

By: Auke Bruinsma

Auke Bruinsma — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:44:43 +0000

Sounds and looks great. And why should this not be handy for the not Joe Average. (The not Joe Average, can easily remove short-cuts in gnome if he/she wants to.)

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By: Krank

Krank — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:03:43 +0000

Well, uh, as long as it’s optional… I’m Ok with opt-out-really. I think it’s a neat idea for Joe Average, but don’t lose sight of the fact that all of us aren’t Joe Average…

By: maurizio

maurizio — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:58:44 +0000

I like the desktop very much. then all the hardware of my aspireOne is detected and functional. May be I am not enough skilled to put an own written script in the favorites. I tryed to copy/change the *.desktop Files but with less success. For me personally, ep is unusable without my own scripts I need for admins-jobs.

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By: Thihi

Thihi — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:30:31 +0000

Looks good, but Super? Really? I hope there will be a way to map it something else, since Super-whatever shortcuts just went out the window.

Oh and btw: On my desktop I use gnome-do from alt-f2, which is usually the run-dialogue in Gnome. Why not map it there in addition to Super, since Gnome Do can launch anything the gnome run-dialogue and loads more…

By: serola

serola — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:41:01 +0000

Excellent idea! Make UNR desktop icons smaller to get more room for RSS feeds ;)

Folks, you can give more feedback and suggestions also on Easy Peasy forums.

By: Heran Bago

Heran Bago — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:54:06 +0000

I like it. It would make a cool update to Netbook Remix, but Easy Peasy exclusivity isn’t bad either.

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:33:53 +0000

Good to hear MarkyB86 :)
We need all the help we can get

By: MarkyB86

MarkyB86 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:52:27 +0000

As always guys I am ready to help! I like this design! I have not been able to figure out how to shrink the forum dimensions but I am still working on it.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:43:38 +0000

That’s beautiful.