Bug#648394: gnome: allow workspaces allocation in a static way

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 24 décembre 2011 à 05:22 +0100, Tjeerd Pinkert a écrit : 
> I agree fully with the author of this bug. Static workspaces, quick
> launch buttons, applets etc. as one used to have in the Gnome 2 panel
> should in my oppinion be supported by default before the Gnome 3 desktop
> can move on to Stable release.

Quick launch buttons are already here, it’s the dock. And you can write
your own extensions, that can do more than applets.

> The standard reply that it will not be supported because of a religious
> kind of desktop philosophy that must be adhered to according to the
> Gnome authors, will in my opinion not work for many people who are used
> to years of Gnome 2 with an in my opinion very well working panel and
> desktop philosophy attached.

This is precisely why we kept the panel and metacity, available with the
“GNOME Classic” session.

> I think I will get used to the visual "bling bling" of the new thing but
> the basic behaviour of Gnome 2 should be there and relatively easily to
> access (or even copied from one's Gnome 2 configuration?)

If you want that, use the panel. At least in Debian, it’s here to stay.

Cheers,
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