Re: [Tails-dev] Tail 2.2 Ugly as HELL

anonym:
> sajolida:
>> freedom-mail@???:
>>> There is any chance of Tails OS see other version that looks like the 1.6?
>>> The 2.2 version is UGLY AS HELL.
>>
>> I agree :)
>>
>> We switched to GNOME Shell in Classic mode (with the grey menus) because
>> we wanted to continue providing the top-left Applications and Places
>> menus and the bottom windows list. But this can be achieve equally in
>> GNOME Shell without the Classic mode by enabling these extensions.
>>
>> The thing is that changing the appearance of the desktop implies
>> updating many things in our automated test suite which is based on
>> screenshots of the desktop. So I understand that our test suite
>> engineers are not really happy to do additional work just for aesthetic
>> (not that aesthetic is not important but they are overloaded already).
>
> If the automated test suite's images is the only "blocker", I think we
> could do the switch. Feel free to prepare a branch, and we'll see.

Thanks for the offer!

> Are you sure there would be no other changes? IIRC pure GNOME Shell deal
> with switching between applications (think: alt+tab) in a "novel" way.

You're right. Alt+Tab in the default Shell switches between applications
and not between windows. I think that can be configured as well...

Anyway, I don't feel this should be a priority for us but it good to
know that you're ready to do the switch. Maybe for Tails 3.0...