[desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] Indiana desktop UI spec - early draft

[Mark Phalan]

On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 16:16 +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> We're starting to document what the default desktop configuration for  
> the Indiana 1.0 release should be, and naturally we'd like your  
> feedback.
> 
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/uispecs/indiana-uispec/
> 
> Right now it only covers panel and menu layout; more sections will be  
> added over the next couple of days.  However, I'm sure there's plenty  
> for you to get your teeth into already, e.g.:
> 
> - One panel or two?
> - Launch menu or Apps/Places/System menu?
> - What applets/launchers on panels by default?

This may have been brought up before...

Why is thunderbird given higher visibility (by being in the panel) over
evolution - the default gnome mail app?

Why do we ship two mail clients which cover basically the same
functionality? I'd draw the parallel here between epiphany - the default
gnome web browser and firefox.

-Mark