Re: gnome3, yet another negative feedback

[joncr <jonc downfromthetrees com>]

On 05/21/2013 07:38 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> There is a factor here that if someone doesn't want to adapt their 
> practices - then any new interface is going to be clumsy...

Even then, there are plenty of extensions designed to bring back the old 
panel and menus approach for those who want to stay with that.  And, of 
course, there's MATE, which is really rather good in its 1.6 release.

The best way to use Gnome Shell is to spend a little bit of time using 
it as the designers intend.  Find out what you like and what you don't 
like, then see if you can fix the "don't like" part with extensions.

If you just don't like it and don't want to use it, there are plenty of 
other fish in the sea.  KDE is a fine professional piece of work, for 
example, but I don't like using it.  That's not the fault of the KDE 
developers and designers.

I'm not a heavy keyboard user, so I install the DashToDock extension 
(turns the Dash into a real configurable dock independent of the 
Overview), kill the hot corner and window animations and I'm good to go. 
Thanks to the automatic creation/deletion of work spaces, I can control 
my desktop exclusively via the dock.

It's surprising to me that more than two years on Gnome Shell is still 
subject to so much vitriol. Liking Gnome 2 and
regretting its demise is fine.  But, all things end.  Failing to accept 
that, venting bile and attacking people who happen to like Gnome Shell, 
all apparently based  on the presumption that the developers broke some 
kind of sacred obligation, is inappropriate behavior.