I personally think we're going in the right direction with the dock
(being an OS X fanboy and all) but it is, indeed, going to be extra
screen clutter until we have a dock that can _fully replace_ the
WindowMaker dock's functionality. Right now, it doesn't seem to work
as an app switcher (I click on the application icons and I go to
Desktop.app, not to the app I intend to, forcing me to use the
WindowMaker dock still). Also if it is restarted, it forgets which
apps have already been launched before that restart, making it not
very useful to maintain the current state of your workspace.
As far as the desktop portion is concerned, it doesn't seem to
understand symlinks (in the recycler or on the desktop itself). I
would love, for example, to have an icon for my home directory there
but that does not appear to work at the moment.
I am, in any case, looking forward to Desktop.app being more fully
fleshed out and usable. Right now it is mostly eye-candy (not that
that's bad either, mind you :D )
If you stick to splitting GWorkspace up into more modules in the
future,
may I suggest a Recycler.app to go along with the others?
Alternatively,
an option to chose whether the Recycler should be in the dock or on
the
desktop (as before, so to speak) might be dandy, too. And the dock
needs
to be disableable for those who don't like docks to begin with.
I agree with this.
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