The Best Features Of GNOME In 2012

801: I don't use Gnome, but ppl build app with GTK and they are ugly esp. under KDE

802: The new shell, window and virtual desktop management

803: Full featured window managers for large screens

804: Both top and bottom pane

805: type-to-find launching

806: both top and bottom panels

807: Alt + F2, gnome-panel

808: the capacity to run application

809:

810: Gnome Online Accounts, gstreamer

811: hot corner and overview, dynamic desktop, empathy in notifications, and many others

812: fallback mode

813: The panel and applets (especially the system monitors).

814: Classic window switcher

815: Custom Themes

816: GNOME Fallback

817: Extensions ;-)

818: desktop metaphor, configurability, extensibility, compatibility, and the look and feel of gtk2 is much better than its sucessor

819: the search bar in the activities view

820: keyboard shortcuts

821: features that where taken out of Nautilus in 3.6

822: indicators, keyring, printer manager

823: I don't use GNOME

824: Extensions or themes, they are essential since the GNOME default is really hard to use.

825: Whole-system integration.

826: I like Evolution and I use it all the time, please keep developing it.

827: GNOME2 - multiple taskbars

828: I need a usable, functional desktop, which GNOME3 fails to deliver

829: Calendar integration in the top panel.

830: Too many to count.

831: I don't really need any GNOME features, just general desktop environment stuff that can easily be found elsewhere

832: Well, a lot of things I relied on already went away (configuration options, galeon, configurability, customizability of behaviour, galeon 1.x, etc.)

833: hot corner, type to search.

834: File Manager

835: Panel (i.e. with system monitor) and virtual desktops

836: extreme multitasking on one desktop. The opposite of a tablet or smartphone interface.

837: Panel monitoring applets

838: Starting apps through shell search

839: Configurable panels, taskbar, keyboard shortcuts including the "Super" key

840: the XP-like menubar

841: The last bits of settings that you can change w/o gconf-editor. Bring back configuration options!

842: expose feature

843: WIMP paradigm (already gone in current releases)

844: nautilus features, compatibility with low spec hardware

845: I loved having a traditional menu, a traditional window space that doesn't feel like it's been poorly optimized for tablets.

846: starting applications via icons

847: nautilus, the task bar, the window title bar, the maximize/minimize/close buttons, alt+tab

848: Shortcuts, make it easier to add shortcuts for programs that run without installers. I.e. Blender...

849: Activities mode

850: extensions and themes (AND COMPATIBILITY)

851: GTK theme compatibility

852: Snapping/tiling of windows, workspaces, search in activities, not having a distracting task bar with windows (alt-tab behavior is great)

853: task bar

854: I relied on its stability, its solid appearance, and its versatility. I loved the seamless integration between compiz (or any other WM) and GNOME2.

855: Gnome Online Accounts, Evolution, Epiphany

856: taskbar and file manager

857: Google Integration

858: Moving left to right on virtual workspaces

859: automatic workspaces

860: Nothing in GNOME shell.

861: power settings, notifications, shell extensions

862: Multiple desktops, Keyboard Support

863: simplicity of gnome 2...it was the most usable desktop i ever used....simple,fast and efficient.

864: Add shutdown / restart / suspend options and minimize / maximize buttons

865: 2 panels (top/bottom)

866:

867: Hot corners!

868: Nautilus split screen

869: all of them

870: Fallback mode (maybe, see comments)

871: online account integration

872: the upper left corner

873: alt+tab and alt+f4

874: the shell search

875: nautilus gvfs, extra panel

876: The minimalist approach removes many options (such as the tree directory in Nautilus 3.6 or other options in Disk) that before in gnome 2 were easily accessible (although sparse)

877:

878: traditional panel based desktop schema

879: activities view/app search

880: notifications always visible on top bar

881: Polished and smooth interface, the exact contrary of KDE

882: Mounting remove servers via nautilus

883: non-touch oriented features - please retain the strengths of a traditional desktop where you don't swipe with chubby fingers/etc

884: new app searching

885: configurability, friendly-look

886: Configurable virtuable desktops

887: Small memory footprint

888: Multimonitor support

889: Use Gnome Classic or fallback (best workflow on desktop)

890: Seriously, nothing!

891: Nautilus and Gedit

892: The hotcorner feature, exposing all the windows and workspaces. GNOME Shell does an excellent job with dynamic workspaces.

893: usability on BSD, without HAL and systemd and other Poettering crap

894: Taskbar, virtual desktops, sane ALT+TAB behaviour

895: top and bottom panels minimize all apps

896: Nautilus extensions

897: theming, configurability (hotkeys etc)

898: the Shell + extensions

899: Activities dialog, integratedIM

900: see above list