Re: Very disappointed in Gnome 3

[Mikus Grinbergs <mikus bga com>]

> I think if you used GNOME 3 for a while you'll get to see the way of
> working it promotes. To me it is much nicer than working in GNOME 2

Would you please list some of the "ways of working" that you find nicer 
on Gnome 3 ?


On my system I've installed third-party extensions that restore some of 
the Gnome 2 functionality that vanilla Gnome 3.0 no longer provides.  In 
particular, I've permanently set up a workspace switcher along the 
bottom of the screen.

I myself do not use alt-tab switching -- instead I populate seven 
permanently allocated workspaces with my customary apps -- my "way of 
working" is to switch (with a single click) to a different workspace 
whenever there is a change in the context (of what I am doing).

[By the way, I have at least five different Terminal windows active all 
the time - to access/modify various resources within my system.  Also 
several Browsers and PDF Readers, to let me look up reference data.]

mikus



p.s.  It's been written that with Gnome 3 it is the keyboard that offers 
efficient shortcuts.  But I've gotten into the habit of using the cursor 
to control system facilities, and using the keyboard only for text 
entry.  I do NOT consider it a good "way of working" if I have to resort 
to the keyboard because the GUI now resists customization.