Comments on: openSUSE 10.3 almost ready

By: Aaron Bockover

Aaron Bockover — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:20:13 +0000

Remove your current clock applet, and add to the panel the International Clock Applet. You can then add time zones/cities you care about.

By: Vikas

Vikas — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:55:17 +0000

Hi Aaron,

Got to your site while trying to google about customizing the main menu in OpenSuse 10.3.
Nice post. However, I have a question about the screenshot you have posted:
– How do you get those timezones on the calendar app in the panel, looks really nifty. Maybe
I can chuck gworldclock out, if I get that working!

Thanks!

By: Kevin Dupuy

Kevin Dupuy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:21:35 +0000

Looks great, Aaron! I’m using Beta 7 and am waiting for my pre-ordered box to show up! Hey, do you happen to notice that the fonts look worse with SUSE 10.3 than 10.2? On my system they look horrible, with the same settings as on 10.2.

Thanks, and great job on Banshee!

By: Aaron Bockover

Aaron Bockover — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:37:07 +0000

The main menu, the application browser, and the control center shell are all very usable. We have conducted many tests and design iterations for theses components. However, that doesn’t mean they couldn’t become more usable or intuitive over time. Designing good software requires an iterative approach.

I really like most aspects of your mockup — but I wouldn’t call the improvements or changes fixes to “bugs” in the current iteration. They are possible enhancements. Software improves over time, but it doesn’t mean that early iterations are inherently bad or unusable. There’s always room for improvement, and I think we have done a great job so far.

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:10:49 +0000

Only the bold is the theme issue. My problem is the whole usability of that panel.

By: Aaron Bockover

Aaron Bockover — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:32:17 +0000

Eugenia: This is indeed a theme issue, but it was broken in the old Gilouche theme. I have fixed Gilouche and committed it upstream. We will do our best to slip a new release in for 10.3 before the final release, but it is very, very late in the process. If we can’t slip it in, we will ship it as an update shortly after the release.

Here’s how the Main Menu looks with the fixed Gilouche theme:
http://abock.org/~aaron/slab.png

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:28:31 +0000

I updated my mockup with a new, better IMO, option:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/suse.png

By: UFies.org

UFies.org — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:24:18 +0000

OpenSuse 10.3 Almost Ready…

Aaron Bockover has some openSUSE 10.3 details as far as what’s going to be included when it’s released…….

By: Aaron Bockover

Aaron Bockover — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:46:32 +0000

@Wade: My apologies – the screenshot is a bit misleading when it comes to Banshee. It didn’t dawn on me that it may cause some confusion until long after I made the post. The functionality you see in the screenshot with the fixed up metadata and cover art is due to a patch that I am working on. It’s almost complete, and will be in the next release. http://abock.org/~aaron/hotradio.diff

@Karl: Agreed. There are some touches that could be applied to bring out more consistency in the main menu and app/cc shells.

@Michael: Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll see if changing the icon name affects it here (GNOME worked fine for me).

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:03:48 +0000

Aaron: I love that theme, very, very nice! It doesn’t feel as cold as the GNOME default and the tabs look much better.

I had to change the icon theme name to “gnome” btw, “GNOME” did not work for me.