The Best Features Of GNOME In 2012

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 19 December 2012 at 03:08 PM EST. Page 2 of 15. 5 Comments.

101: Availability of classic G2 interface

102: keyboard control in gnome-shell

103: Desktop search, window management

104: system tray in a useful location; traditional menu; top panel/bar with move/lock functions for EVERYTHING

105: Nautilus Extra Pane, Terminal

106: Hot-corner window swiching.

107: fallback mode

108: dynamic workspaces

109: no answer

110: FOCUS FOLLOWS MOUSE, multi-monitor, app search

111: Rely on fallback session

112: Don't know.

113: Pretty, customizeable

114: a personal experience. basic options.

115: multiple workspaces

116: many are alredy gone, just think about nautilus...

117: Classic desktop paradigm

118: hot corners

119: Keyboard functionality (accessibility of menu's and applications by using only the keyboard)

120: Desktop icons as an option (the current off-by-default is fine)

121: Multi screen workspaces. Shell search

122: Typing to search through apps.

123: gnome setting

124: working desktop

125: F3 function in nautilus

126: Keyboard shortcuts, activities view, ctrl+enter on activities view to launch new instance

127: non-systemd support

128: Having multiple windows on the same screen and those windows' titles being select-able in the gnome bar.

129: workspaces, launcher, hot corner

130: double view in nautilus

131: Anything that allows me to customize it as close to Windows 7 look and feel as possible

132: Dynamic workspaced, desktop overview in Shell, SSH mounting and removable media support,

133: Inline Notifications (replying to messages via notification)

134: gnome 2 interface

135: The Shell

136: Custom launchers

137: Clean Interface, Easy, Better Visual Space (less toolbars,etc..)

138: I relied on gnome 2's ubiquity and familiarity, which always transcended any distro-specific theming/branding.

139: If a feature: Performance and low usage of RAM, something which GNOME3 is not known for.

140: Keyboard shortcuts, multi-monitor support, shell search and completion

141: Dropdown menus

142: One workspace per application - this is great.

143: shell search

144: good system monitor applet

145: dont know

146: Application/Places menu

147: Online Accounts

148: The way apps are launched

149: Many of the applications built in are good, and I would dislike many features being removed in general.

150: searching, intuitive environment

151: Applets and Focus Follows Mouse

152: online accounts, workspaces, app search

153: top panel bar

154: applets, in particular NetworkManager and the sound control

155: Search, notifications

156: multi-pane Nautilus.

157: Ability to change window manager(not really a declared feature), keyboard layout switcher

158: Shell, online accounts, unified lenses look

159: device automounting

160: TOP LEFT CORNER

161: Multi-Head Support

162: Nautilus hotkeys, Alt+Shift for keyboard layout changing

163: The panel, basically. Which is why I've dropped gnome for xfce, though I check in occasionally to see if it has improved.

164: hot corner

165: 2D/XDMPC/LTSP support (gnome-session-fallback)

166: The ability of GTK Apps to run under KDE, can't stand GNOME3

167: bidi support

168: multi monitor support. ability to run more than one x-server with multiple graphics cards.

169: basic gnome classic: panel, metacity, nautilus, etc.

170: panel (fallback mode)

171: Old nautilus shortkeys

172: gnome extensions

173: gnome-shell, synaptic, nautilus, printers

174: fallback mode

175: nautilus functionality

176: Compatibility of gnome apps with xfce.

177: Finding shared Samba printers in the configuration dialogue; Creating shortcut icons on the desktop; power off & reset buttons

178: better printing than in kde

179: fallback-mode which is why i just switched to KDE ~ since you were goiing to kill my desktop anyway :\

180: Activities Overview

181: minimize/maximize buttons

182: Nautilus side-by-side view.

183: Nautilus 2.x I use xfce for the rest

184: Top and bottom bar, like in gnome 2.0

185: Performance is pretty stable, actually

186: Performance is pretty stable, actually

187: Gnome shell

188: Theming support, search functionality, integrated messaging

189: fallback mode

190: Online Accounts, Empathy, Evolution, Gnome Contacts

191: One-click application launching and switching

192: Nautilus as a powerful file manager

193: Full-screen application drawer.

194: Minimal Design

195: Excellent keyboard support, good working default behaviour.

196: Gnome 2 menus, other than that I'm flexible

197: clean design, good desktop integration, good support for themes (compared to kde)

198: keyboard shortcuts, multiple workspaces, extensions

199: Notifications, integration of evolution and top panel calendar with my google calendar. I liked nautilus, but 3,6....

200: I hate GNOME Shell


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