FC3 Usability Problems

[Per Nystrom]

On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 16:29, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 13:11 -0800, Per Nystrom wrote:
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> > 2.  Two desktop panels is one too many
> > 	o The new layout with the GIANORMOUS main menu drawer buttons is
> > 	  ridiculous.  Use icons with hover popups to say "Applications"
> > 	  and "Actions" -- don't spell them out in the panel!  Also,
> > 	  trying to put the top panel on the left or right sides is a
> > 	  sick joke -- the thing becomes massively thick and can't be
> > 	  resized, probably because of the aforementioned spelled-out
> > 	  drawer buttons.
> 
>     I'm working from the base FC3; I see no drawers other than what I
> put on myself...(which I don't) and the top and bottom bars are pretty
> skimpy.  Did you do an upgrade, or a re-install?  Maybe there are old
> settings clouding the issue?

Well, it's not obvious they're drawers, but that's how they function. 
I'm talking about the top, left corner where you see a red hat (that no
longer seems to do anything), and to the right of that the text
"Applications", and to the right of that, the text "Actions".  When I
click on either of these, I get menus similar to what used to spring
from the red hat.

Fresh install plus yum update -- nothing else.  This is the default
desktop that it gives me.

>     No such top-to-side transition was found here- did it this morning.
> Thin panel at the top, thin panel on the side.

I'm pretty sure it's these text buttons in the panel that cause the
super-fat panels on the side.  It can't resize the text, so it resizes
everything else to match.

On a side note, I am told it is possible to revert to the FC2-style main
menu where all you have is a red hat that actually does something.  But
I don't think what we have now by default in FC3 is an improvement at
all.

> > 3.  Firefox
> > 	o I was completely unable to import my saved passwords from
> > 	  Mozilla.  The File->Import dialog does absolutely nothing.
> > 	  See this bug for details:
> > 	  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140643
> 
>     Well, see, I'm a Galeon holdback.  I was ticked when I saw a galeon-
> >firefox importer that I couldn't use under FC2.  But now I've learned
> that galeon->mozilla and then mozilla->firefox is the way to go. Is the
> method you mean?

I'm not sure about your upgrade path, all I know is I copied my old
.mozilla directory into the new installation, started Firefox, chose
File->Import, and got...  nothing.  It's an empty dialog box with a
disabled Back button, a Next button that's clickable but doesn't do
anything, and a Cancel button (that does what's expected).
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