On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM, carpetnailz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <carpetnailz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Think of all the time wasted by the (hundreds of thousands of?) users > all over the world trying to relearn how to use their major, everyday > tool! Steve Jobs reportedly reminded his developers early on something > like this: If it takes 10 extra seconds to boot Mac, multiply that by > the millions or users all over the world once or twice a day. > > Specifically re Gnome 3 failure: Whereas I used to be able to open > documents that I use everyday or so by just clicking on the desktop > icon, I now have to > 1. Find the app icon in my Dash--on my 10" relatively hi-res screen, > that can take time, since the icons are very small. > 2. Click on the app in the dash and wait while it opens. > 3. Take time to go to "File," click "Open", find my document and click > on it to open it. So you're not using Gnome3 efficiently: you can also use "win"+ part of document name, or the Documents Function which organizes the Documents and you find recent Docs, and so on. > > This is not progress. > > Another: I used to be able to move to a different app/document by > clicking on the document in the bottom panel Now I have to > 1. Alt-tab to get the screen that has the different apps > 2. Continue to alt-tab till I've selected the right app. > 3. If I'm lucky, the new app/document now can be worked on. > 4. But what if I have more than one document open in that app? Then > alt-tab fails me. I have to either move my cursor to the right doc while > continuing to hold down alt-tab, which is well nigh impossible if I'm > not using a mouse, or give up and waste more time going to the > Activities screen and try to find the right document there, which is > also a problem, since the icons all tend to look alike and most of the > labels are seriously truncated. Just press the "Win" Key and you see all Windows of the Desktop. You can also install the "Alt-tab" Extension to modify the behaviour > > So I'm supposed to waste even more time installing and experimenting > with alien desktops, gradually learning whether or not they have the > features I need? You don't have to waste any time. You just have to adopt a little bit. > > Come on. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
