Re: great job on Gnome 3

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

On 03/11/2014 01:42 PM, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
> John Boyle wrote, On 03/02/2014 01:18 AM:
>
> > I just installed stock Debian with Gnome 3 (first time seeing it), and
> > it is AWESOME! You've put together some of my favorite windowing
> > features from both Windows and OS X.  The help is great and the keyboard
> > shortcuts make sense.
> >
> > I remember hearing about the uproar when you released it; I'm sad that
> > so many people hated on your great work.  It "just works" and I don't
> > have to tweak a bit of it.

Thanks for the feedback! I'm very glad that you're enjoying GNOME 3 :)

> I too applaud the beautiful work, but I must admit that I keep going
> back to Gnome Classic.  I'm just stuck on seeing icons for my open
> windows down on that task bar, where I can click to Maximize and click
> again to Minimize, and even re-order.  In GNOME 3, I have to move the
> cursor to upper-left (or press the Windows key), and see the big
> zoom-out effect with all my windows miniaturized, and then click the
> window I want.
>
> Also -- and I'm sure the Gnome people hear this complaint a lot -- I
> want Alt-Tab to switch between windows, not applications.  I don't care
> about applications as such.

You can configure this in the keyboard shortcuts in gnome-control-center.

Or it may be mapped by default. Try alt+super

> Having said all that, I keep going back into Gnome 3 on occasion just to
> see if I can acclimatize myself.  I'm not hating on Gnome 3 here, just
> telling you that my whole work flow is anchored to that task bar in
> Gnome Classic.  I *will* keep trying Gnome 3, because there truly is a
> lot of beautiful work there.
>
>
> -- Patrick
>
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