Re: Disliking gnome 3

["D.H. Bahr" <dbahr uci cu>]

I totally agree with you.
Yes: G3 sets a new paradigm in User Experience, AND that's one of the great things about it. Of course it needs work, otherwise, as Jasper implied earlier, it would be perfect, and not being perfect (I've known little or no perfect thing in my lifetime) is fun for developers. Still, I think users with less reticence to change will find G3 as a great work on progress, perfectly usable for daily work. Those who find it annoying should simply switch to a different Desktop Environment (G2 or else).

Best regards,

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Sw.E. D.H. Bahr

Nova Desktop Development Leader

CESOL (Free/Libre Software Centre)

UCI (University of Informatics Sciences)

Havana, Cuba

El Thu, 01-09-2011 a las 14:12 +0100, Steve Sheldon escribió: 
>     Hiya,
>      
>     On G2 I almost always used 2 or 3 virtual desktops to keep tabs of everything, but with G3 I found that having more than 1 virtual desktop is difficult to keep tabs on if you'll excuse the pun.. instead it seems easier to use the alt tab for task switching, and the windows key to get to the application overview screen. The only frustration is that I cannot tell what I have running, other than what is onscreen, unless I go to the overview screen which means I am having to remember what I have running. In all other respects I am very happy with G3 now I have had time to really try it out.. the application search if using the windows key and first few char of app name is faster than the mouse based menu system G2 has, and G3 does seem to be at least as stable as G2 so yes, it *is* a work in progress but perfectly workable, with justy a few features missing, and far far more polished than the Unity interface.
>      
>     Regards
>     Steve Sheldon
>     
>     >>> Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org> 01/09/2011 13:52:15 >>>
>     On Wed, 2011-08-31 at 17:25 -0400, Jesse Hutton wrote:
>     
>     > I thought this would naturally be the case, as well. However, I've
>     > recently read in #gnome-design two different *lead* designers claim to
>     > not use workspaces. Both instances were in the context of discussing
>     > issues people found, so maybe it these were off-hand comments as a
>     > basis to claim ignorance. Nonetheless, apparently you *don't* need to
>     > use workspaces to enjoy Gnome Shell.
>     
>     Certainly, and I don't see why Shell would be hard to use in a single
>     workspace.  When I'm out and about I typically use G3 in a single
>     workspace,  the improved window switching and activity overview makes
>     many-windows-in-a-workspace much easier to use than under G2
>     
>     
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