Re: [OT] Gnome 2.12 improvements?

BlackTopBum wrote:
> Love the eye candy and there's just something "cool" about GNOME, IMO, but
> have some usability peeves that I'm wondering if they've been handled since
> 2.0; namely, the right click options that are in KDE but lacking with
> GNOME. In case you don't know what I mean, allow me to illustrate:
> can choose from right clicking an empty desktop spot within KDE anything
> from Create New ... file, folder HTML document, spreadsheet, link to URL,
> application or device to Bookmarks to Run commands, plus others. If I make
> an error on say a "link to device", I can edit by right clicking it and
> going to Properties - a Launcher used to be noneditable directly. Has GNOME
> made these features available yet?

Mots likely not, but don't take my word for it.


> Additionally, is there something easier
> to work with than GConf now?

No, this would go against the current policy for Gnome2 setup by Havoc, if all
settings would be easily accessed this would "confuse" the user of Gnome2. The
choice of word ain't mine but a quite common used by Gnome2 developers to
explain why so many features from Gnome hasn't made it to Gnome2.



//Aho
.

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