Zeitgeist work towards GNOME 3.2

By Seif Lotfy, Published April 7, 2011

So with an awesome GNOME 3.0 out I already had some stuff prepared for 3.2 that can show off some of the power and awesomeness Zeitgeist could provide for GNOME 3.2

The designs are random till now and we (Federico, Siegfried and me) are waiting for directions. Until then we are doing what we think somehow makes sense for new GNOME 3.2 features.

So things we have cooking are:

Jump-lists:

Search:

Journal:

This is all working code and here is a video to prove it.

None of these things are final yet so feel free to criticize. We have all the pieces we need so it is up to the design team to come up with a final design so we can implement it (sponsored by Collabora). I will be sending a mail to the mailing list soon.

Happy hacking everybody and congratulations for the GNOME 3.0 release…

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  • http://twitter.com/emzo51 Peter Ivanov

    Woot! The future is so bright!

  • http://twitter.com/emzo51 Peter Ivanov

    Woot! The future is so bright!

  • https://launchpad.net/~shnatsel Shnatsel

    Currently GNOME Shell has no integration with Zeitgeist, right?

    • http://www.manishsinha.net Manish Sinha

      Nope. It does not have.

  • https://launchpad.net/~shnatsel Shnatsel

    Currently GNOME Shell has no integration with Zeitgeist, right?

  • https://launchpad.net/~shnatsel Shnatsel

    Currently GNOME Shell has no integration with Zeitgeist, right?

  • Anonymous

    when is gnome 3.2 scheduled for?

    • https://launchpad.net/~shnatsel Shnatsel

      This September

  • http://nicoburns.com/myopenid Nico Burns

    Jump-lists are great, but we also need non-Zeitgeist search, which should be more prominent than the Zeitgeist search, or preferable side by side (perhaps a recent documents section of search, like google does?)

    • http://www.manishsinha.net Manish Sinha

      >> which should be more prominent
      Any special reason?

      BTW this is a feature someone needs to implement. Zeitgeist team took the pains to implement this themselves, so this has become so prominent.

      You should then wait for someone to implement non-zg search.

  • http://profiles.google.com/dhananjaysathe dhananjay sathe

    Yes there are loads of videos to prove it exists but where can i get and compile it for gnome-shell from ??
    Some links & instructs will be very appreciated !
    Looking forward to getting zeitgeist integration in Gnome Shell on my arch box
    Sief could you please reply ?

  • Anonymous

    I have not tried Gnome 3 yet, but does this mean that gnome 3 will also get overthetop zeitgeist integration, with no control over it? I hope not. I dont want another unity-dash monster.

    • http://www.manishsinha.net Manish Sinha

      Zeitgeist is an optional dependency to GNOME. So this integration will have to be optional. You can always disable this integration. You have to wait and see how it is packaged.

    • http://www.manishsinha.net Manish Sinha

      Zeitgeist is an optional dependency to GNOME. So this integration will have to be optional. You can always disable this integration. You have to wait and see how it is packaged.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1091907541 Michael Knepher

    The 3.0.x release does not have zeitgeist integration. Work is being done in a separate branch right now, hopefully it will be merged when work starts on 3.1.x

  • http://twitter.com/daviddelmar David Wade Ralston

    Looks like some useful additions that don’t compromise the simplicity.

    Please proceed!

  • Waldir Leôncio

    Jump-lists are the one thing I envy Win 7 for. Oh, that and the cool grid animations. :)

    • Anonymous

      Just use DockBarX.

  • https://launchpad.net/~carbeck Carsten

    Once Natty and Gnome 3 are released I’ll definitely give Gnome 3 a try.

  • http://twitter.com/tehhanz Hans Heintze

    now if only gnome had a decent icon theme.

    • http://twitter.com/samhorne Samuel Horne

      You can say that again. It’s not great.

    • Anonymous

      actually, gnome3′s icon theme (for many apps) is much better than ubuntu’s…

      but on folders and system wide, both need urgent help!

      • http://0rAX0.deviantart.com rAX

        I second the first part :)

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FX5ITOLLHVNOY673XBRGCKF3DI Freddi

        and I second the second :-D

        • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ENXOXDFO57FY4BET26ZQTFCVGY Peter

          I third the forth

    • http://profiles.google.com/ccroberts Christopher Roberts

      tried faenza?

  • http://twitter.com/Jebril Pedo Bear

    I’d like to see more options on how Zeitgeist displays your history, i.e. displaying every day instead of just yesterday and the category last week would be nice. I’d also like to see a search history in Zeitgeist and for it to be lighter cuz it’s not light ATM and honestly the usefulness of this program can only go so far. It is a huge improvement over the Window’s history but then again people barely use history on most computers from what I can tell.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_43QWMHEO2T24W5ONPMHAADTMOY alex

    Can/would unity take advantage of zeitgeist?

    • http://twitter.com/me4oslav Georgi Karavasilev

      I believe Unity Dash is already “zeitgeist powered”

    • Bilal Akhtar

      Unity was built from the ground up with zeitgeist support.

  • Anonymous

    I hope the Shell is as extensible as Plasma. I can see a lot of really fun and exciting stuff coming out of this that will make compiz and Fallback Gnome look kinda’ shabby in comparison.

    Stinkin’ state of Linux video drivers, making innovation impossible. *shakes fist* Just when everything gets totally awesome, too. Oh screw it, I’m just buying a different video card for 20 bucks.

    • http://profiles.google.com/fvzwieten Fred van Zwieten

      And what would be the best brand to buy?

  • http://profiles.google.com/fvzwieten Fred van Zwieten

    Is it possible to have smaller icons. There is nothing wrong with my eyes :-)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FUL7WV2GJLQ3F7FHQKZOIS7OE4 Moraru

    I have a few problems with it:
    1. I need a lot of times the Minimize button!
    2. When I right click an app from the panel on the left side, the menu opens and to close it I have to click away, I can’t click 1 more time on the Icon to close the menu…
    3. A new user doesn’t know that to manage his files he has to open “File Manager” or “Other name of the app”, do I have to search it every single time? Browsing the files is one of the most often things to do, why Gnome 3 makes it so hard?
    4. If I have a terminal open and I search again for the terminal and try to start another one, why do Gnome 3 switch me to the one I opened already? I want another terminal open!!!!!!! Everyone can make Alt+Tab or sees the Terminal when presses on “Applications” to switch to the one already opened. Give me another Terminal!!!!!!!!!!
    5. It’s night, I want to shutdown my PC, PLEASE give me back my Shutdown Button! Why do they need to make things more complicated, 1 more line with “Shutdown” doesn’t destroy the design or something like this, it makes the Environment more user friendly, easier to use. Why make things complicated for users? I want to enjoy it!

    Gnome 3 is beautiful but it succeeds even better to Anger me.
    The Anger Level:
    1 – Drives me Insane(Max), 3 – Drives me Crazy(Medium), 4, 5 – I’m ashamed of Gnome 3(Low), 2 – Would be better to solve this(I almost don’t care).

    • Anonymous

      To get shutdown to appear in the menu. Hold ‘alt’

      You know this right ?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LLFBBO3CDQUMGQXOQNGXDDDBPM Ladymecha

    An awesome release of Gnome 3?
    HAHAHAHA!

    What BS!

    Gnome 3 =
    Gut-wrenching
    Non customisable
    Obtuse
    Mind numbing
    Environment

  • http://twitter.com/marioruapereira mario pereira

    I’m so sad… I really enjoy gnome shell the first time I installed it a few months back, buggy, but impressive.
    I installed gnome3 yesterday, and… Ohh God it hurts my soul, using that makes me almost feel pain.
    Yes is pretty and neat and look expensive… But damn… so many clicks.
    Why can’t I turn off my computer withou the keyboard?
    Why can’t I acess the most comon places, and instead have to open nautilus in home directory?
    Why don’t all the desktops appear in the middle of the screen so I can imediately see everything i am runing?
    WHY GNOME? WHY???

    Such high expectation, such disapointment…

    /me sad

    • http://twitter.com/wolterh Wolter Hellmund

      What about the performance? I heard its horrible, but what was your experience? I wanted to try it out but found myself discouraged before making the sacrifice.

  • Anonymous

    If you don’t like gnome3, just use xfce.

    It supports gnome applets (unlike gnome3)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RQT3PUR3JN5WJ2ZETREERMBM4M Zamato

    Looks like Mac OSX, but not nearly as good of course.

  • http://www.facebook.com/gbatmarx Greg Batmarx

    If you have a relatively powerful machine dual core with 4 giga RAM, KDE is the best solution.
    Infinite customization, different workspaces each with a different set of wallpapers and widgets, different activities each with a different set of workspaces and so many more that make KDE the most advanced GUI of our era.Just try it and explore it!

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