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Gnome Archive

Scoop: Idea for a System Sidebar for Gnome

Paul writes: "I've written an article, containing _mockups_ of an idea I've had for the Gnome desktop. It's called Scoop, and it's an idea for a container widget, to act as a "System Sidebar" on a users desktop. You can see the writeup here." Update: Paul writes: "I've updated the article with more ideas, and added a link to my Gnome AutoManager proposal, which can be seen here."

The Gnome Wish List

A few weeks ago we published an article titled "The Great Mac OS X 10.4 Wish List", detailing a few personal wishes for the next version of OSX. Later I learned that quite a few Apple engineers read the article and so it felt good that the time spent writing the article was not just a voice in the void. A reader emailed me a few days ago asking me to do the same for other OSes and DEs. So here is my personal wish-list for a future version of Gnome. Please tell us about your own Gnome wish list in the comment section provided.

GNOME Bounty Hunt; Nat Friedman’s Summit Slides Show Future

The GNOME Foundation announced the launch of the first-ever open source desktop integration bounty hunt. The aim of the contest is to recruit new developers and to more tightly integrate the various projects that make up the desktop into a more coherent, and complete user experience. The contest consists of a number of small, concrete projects, each of which has a cash bounty associated with it. Complete the hack, enter the contest, and collect a prize. Also of great interest are Nat's slides shown at the Gnome Summit in NY showing a bright future for Gnome and the Unix/Linux desktop.

Gnomers Editorializing: Getting Cool Things Done

Seth Nickel writes in his blog about the lack of concrete goals and vision in Gnome. Then Christian Schaller makes an interesting point about Mono, and how successfull it is with its rapid development and developer attraction. Later, Havoc Pennington joined the discussion in his blog: "Cool things happen via a thousand small, practical steps" he said, as more practical problems still exist and need fixing before everyone hurries to "do cool things". Get more opinions at PlanetGnome.