2. giz404 [10/07/2008@17:27]

If every problematic aspect that I noticed is taken care of, then it's ok by me to call the next version of Gnome "3.0"
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4. Emmanuele [10/07/2008@18:04]

@giz404: if it's okay by you, then it's fine.

@Nick: given the list of changes between 2.0 and 2.30, I'd say the major bump was justified some time ago. if we throw in the major change in the platform (glib 3, gtk+ 3, etc.) then: yes, it's justified.

6. Simone [10/07/2008@20:33]

I'm really impressed by how smart are (#2,#5) peoples commentin' on your blog. LOL.

8. Andrew [10/07/2008@20:36]

I honestly don't understand the excitement; while current is 2.22, and with 6-month release cycles, that's still over 2 years away :(

10. troll [10/07/2008@21:42]

Sure, why not. There's still time for some development push as the present is not enough to justify it yet. There are a few legacy things to be sorted out, and couple long-standing issues that are really beginning to hurt. At mininum the old Gnome menu should be replaced (I'm not a friend of "the SLAB" however), some legacy applications (Evolution) removed, and the Nautilus tabs (usability nightmare) should go. Bring in gnome-do, the whole telepathy stack, wlan projectors support, Banshee-1, and it's definitely 3.0.

12. pinky [11/07/2008@01:20]

will you also take the opportunity to move to LGPLv3 with Gtk+3?

14. troll [11/07/2008@14:32]

I have always found it hard to find stuff from the current menu. It's not perhaps very convenient for integrating the search functionalities either. Suse's SLAB is slightly better but to be honest it's full of gold plating features and is sluggish. On top of their "more applications..." browser is a real managed window which is quite confusing.

Gnome-do sort of approach might be future. The problem is lack of plugins at this moment. Firefox3, Banshee1 at least are missing real support. As are telepathy based applications. My point about the main menu was: it sucks. There isn't really better alternative yet ready. There MIGHT be though if someone really worked on it, AND it could prove to be a good selling point.

Talking about selling points, telepathy is the largest unleveraged asset Gnome community has. Integrating networking (in workplace environments, home, etc) with other people and activities into the desktop environment could when implemented properly even ring death bells to other environments like Windows.

18. troll [12/07/2008@19:39]

My vision was in office environments. Scheduling and collaborative working could be killer features. Without running extra software, just embed it into the things that we already have. All the way. Model most of the things ordinary office workers actually do (ie. receive document, comment it, ask couple quick clarifications via im, send the reviewed version, etc) and then support those.

Doing things like that would annihilate competitors. I once thought of making dummies and a vision statement about the thing but then I recalled how clueless most of the open source folks are and went boozing. Heh. It's not my business. If it were, Ubuntu's #1 bug could be resolved and closed in couple years. I could personally orchestrate that Linux would have #1 user base in some 3-5 years flat.

Ah well, off to boozing :D

20. Rabi [25/08/2008@07:56]

Gnome 3.0 must include all basic requirements for everyday usage. It's own browser (epiphany), office (gnome-office) and much more need to be included by default.