Re: User feedback on gnome usability

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Gnome has been infiltrated by people who have an interest in it
failing - it'll only get worse.

On 14/02/2011, Christophe Siraut <chris tobald eu org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to gnome list and have not browsed its archive. Forgive me if
> things I mention have already been discussed. Here is a little feedback
> from a daily gnome user. Yesterday I tried once again to replace
> metacity and panel with gnome-shell. Today I do not, as I feel less
> productive with shell. Here are two choices I do not understand in
> gnome 3.
>
> How do we launch applications?
>
> In gnome 2, using mouse only, we can launch applications through
> structured and intuitive menus. In gnome 3, only recent applications
> are launchable with the mouse. One must know the names for the
> remaining applications, and type in the first letters using keyboard.
>
> How do we switch application? vs How do we switch workspace?
>
> Switching workspace is ignored by many people. This is not a problem to
> me. In gnome 2 switching workspace can be triggered by 1 (mouse)
> actions: clicking in the applet. In gnome 3 a lot of attention is put
> on adding/removing workspaces, on moving windows from one workspace to
> another. Do people change their applications from one workspace to
> another so often? (Is it relevant to have these not so useful tasks
> executed manually?) I would rather focus on launching/unhiding
> applications consistently (by application generic names for example,
> like gnome-do does it launching "text-editor" instead of "gedit"), and
> maybe have them presented in an easy way for showing windows not
> currently visible to the user. Switching Application in gnome 3 (by
> clicking on the application screenshot resized in its workspace) is
> less intuitive to me than having some sort of window-list. (I like
> window-picker-applet for instance). I think having a workspace approach
> is less universal than a application-centric one.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
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