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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
