What People Are Saying About GNOME [Part 4]
3101: Some more configuration options, nothing like KDE, just more configurability without having to install additional tools such as gnome-tweak-tool etc.
There has been a lot of naysaying and bad press over the changes incorporated into GNOME3.
I totally get the design, the workflow, the ease of use for both new & advanced users and would like to forward on my appreciation for the community effort put into GNOME and most recently GNOME3. Nice to use and very slick looking.
Oh yeah and lighten up over GNOME3 extensions.
3102: Make nautilus as smart as Win explorer (sorry, but yes I mean it) at least in terms of users experience :
- file search
- folder pane navigation
Improve easyness of customing sounds through GUI (I'm on ubuntu 10.04)
Make "wait till file operations pending finishes" animation appear BEFORE removable media icon disappears
you're doing a great job, thank's to all
3103: The decision that the "average user" doesn't need an option often means the option simply doesn't exist, even in dconf. While I understand the desire to avoid confusing inexperienced users, I frequently find myself wishing for more power to tweak. This is a philosophical shift from the current development philosophy, but I believe a beneficial one.
Additionally, the strict six-month release cycle is, I believe, harmful. Other major projects set a release goal, but allow it to slip in order to deal with major bugs. I realize this happened with the GNOME 3.0 release, but often major bugs or feature regressions happen in one cycle and aren't addressed until the next. While I love GNOME 3, I think it was not ready for primetime and that much of the backlash against it is a result of this.
3104: Smaller buttons/margins/etc.; they take up a lot of space in most application compared to Windows-based applications in Windows. Even increasing the resolution there is quite a bit of space wasted.
Auto-changing wallpaper; KDE has had this feature for years, while Gnome either requires working on the .xml file by hand, or installing a 3rd party application to graphically configure and create the file.
Make the Gnome 3 fallback mode better than it is. Ideally, make it look similar to the 3D version (obviously without the 3D acceleration).
The difficult part of any open source project, or any project in that matter, is communication. Be more transparent and open with communication. Open more avenues for communication because not everybody uses mailinglists or wants the constant and sometimes awkward means of trying to follow a conversation.
3105: Having spent most of my professional life with GNOME 2, which allows the user to customize many things, I tried but couldn't tolerate GNOME 3.
3106: I am using Fedora 15 and am blown away by how much more slick the UI is compared to Ubuntu 11.x.
But I believe that the ability to minimize a window is necessary. I can alt-tab with the best of them, but sometimes I just want to quickly hide a window.
Keep up the good work!
3107: Consider the Windows Application (Wine) use case a bit more than "never"
3108: 1. In GNOME 3 it is very difficult to easily open multiples of the same program in the same workspace. I use terminals more than anything else, and it would be really nice to be able to open up, say for example, 4 in a grid pattern on my one workspace.
2. There are not enough customization for GNOME3 and the gconf editor is quite confusing. I have not tried to do much configuration lately (did most of my configuration when Fedora 15 came out, so I cant remember off the top of my head any concrete examples) but it would be nice to be able to arrange my workspaces horozontally like in GNOME 2, rather than vertical.
3. (I am not sure if this is still applicable as well, sense I have not done too much messing around with GNOME3 config sense Fedora 15 was released) but it would be nice to have some desktop widgets for quick access. While I will admit the no-files on desktop was a nice change, it would still be convenient to have programmable widgets (kinda like KDE) on the desktop.
Keep up the good work, I like GNOME3 a lot so far. However please give your users every possible choice you can, remember we arn't dumb. I chose Linux (and by extension GNOME) because I wanted a computer that I can have full control of. Please don't lock down your UI just cause you think we can't handle it. Hide the config options in gconf if you feel the need to, but at least give those who are willing to go out and find the solution, a choice.
Also make it easier to pull up more than 1 terminal at a time, most of your users are NOT using a tablet or netbook, and it really is OK to have overlapping windows and more than 1 window on the screen at a time. I realize your trying to make the UI more 'tablet friendly' but lets be honest, if I want a tablet UI, I will use Android.
Anyway, sorry for rambling. Thanks for all the work you do. When I first saw GNOME3, I thought I would hate it. You proved me wrong, for the most part anyways.
3109: Improve menu editing
I liked some Sawfish features not in Metacity
Don't change it too much, please
It ain't broke, so don't fix it too much!
3110: all the regression in gnome 3
gnome 3 layout
please please fix gnome 3
again, please, fix gnome 3, it's an horrible mess, it has made painful to use gnome, so much functions gone, so much confusion on the ui.
my laptop is not a tablet, nor will ever anyone use gnome 3 on a tablet.
3111: Only one panel/taskbar instead of two. Vertical screen real estate is disproportionately valuable on widescreens.
No panel at top where moving, maximizing, minimizing and closing has to take place. (If you don't think this is a problem, you don't autohide.)
"Single source of truth" for keyboard shortcuts, allowing possible conflicts to be seen. e.g. if I foolishly decided to assign Ctrl+Shift+v to launch a video player, it would confuse me later on pasting into the GNOME Terminal.
Wobbly screen and transparency support don't make a DE good. Clean, logical layout that presents the information and options I need in an intuitive manner does. Never forget how UNimportant fancy graphical effects are.
3112: * OK|Cancel button order
* too much padding everywhere!! a fullhd monitor isn't enough!
* emmanuele bassi (yeah, I would change him... @see http://www.emmanuelebassi.name/archives/2011/07/09/i-dreamt-i-was-an-architect/)
3113: 1. If you're going to focus more on online stuff, you should probably fork it. I like a pure, desktop work environment.
2. If you're going to focus on online stuff, put more effort into integrating it with current applications and more services. ie Adopt Gwibber as a Gnome project (or something else), or when I put email "on" in online accounts, actually add it to Evolution or Thunderbird.
3. Application menu editor. I'm OCD.
Decide what your mission is. I don't like web "applications" and I believe they have no place on the desktop. Focus instead on just creating a solid user interface that's consistent and uses existing applications that already work fantastically. I think online accounts would be a good idea... but I don't like your current application.
3114: Add more customisation settings. Currently available ones are a joke compared even to gnome 2 options.
Separate netbook/tablet oriented interface from desktop one. Huge icons and giant empty spaces are a waste of screen estate on a desktop.
Add compatibility layer to use old applets for gnome-panel.
Gnome 3 is counter-intuitive and lack any customization options.
3115: * i would add a theme editor
3116: stability, polishing, small interface design tweaks
same as above
3117: 1.) Make the user interface more extensible/accessible.
2.) Make power management & screen manipulation (e.g., external display) comparable to Windows/OSX in terms of how well and consistent it works. (I realize this likely requires greater collaboration of core stacks which GNOME runs atop, but setting a specific shared end goals should assist in guiding code creation at all levels.)
3.) Efficiency: Add new/familiar keyboard short-cuts for power users, and reduce clicks required for common actions.
Thank you for your hard work over the years.
3118: ease of customization
multiple selection of icons or text lists
I wear bifocals and have a 26inch display - it hurts to crane my kneck
to see a menu or title bar at the top of the screen
I have some pretty high powered machines that I use every day and I do NOT want them to look like a phone screen
3119: Don't make it harder to use (e.g. Unity).
3120: Add support for completely keyboard driven, tiling, window management.
Add support for tiling window management.
Add a tiling window manager.
3121: There are still plenty of CRT users in the gaming/production userbases, THEY NEED SCREENSAVERS.
Your non-customizable vertical workspace switcher is shit.
So is that opening multiple windows thing Linus was talking about that one time.
Unfortunitely for you assholes, while you both where wrong, Shittleworth was a little more right.
3122: Would love a better strike force at getting recent gnome versions into debian testing. Ubuntu has the newer gnome code in ppas despite not wanting it for instance. Would love some effort to build a bridge to the debian guys to get releases into debian testing with minimal delays.
I gnome a selected group of shell extensions should be blessed, and be installed by default - and get the bad bugs pounded out. I mean I totally disagree with you guys that one shouldn't see the option to shutdown one's computer by default. There should be a way to turn that menu option on without installing a new menu replacement . (a buggy package which crashes gnome-settings-daemon at the time of this writing !)
Also, treating evolution like the only email/productivity/PIM client around and enabling integration of other clients only much later is lame and keeps most users from using gnome's calendar / todo / data integration features at all I imagine. I'm sure that some people must like evolution, but build a freaking platform that other apps can integrate with, ok?
Keep up the great work, I really like Gnome 3. It's a bold move that somehow also had great execution. Pat yourselves on the back.
I didn't answer about contributing or contacting the team, because it's unclear if writing reviews or filing bugs are contribution in the sense queried by this survey.
3123: Gnome 2.x is pretty close to the perfect DE
3124: Better accessibility
More system configuration tools
Speed and CPU usage of some programs of GNOME
3125: Emphasis on:
- Transparent, clear, documented, usable configuration. I'm not asking for more configurability. I'm asking for *clarity*.
- More compatibility with other desktops.
- Less eye candy and more functionality/reliability.
Giving something a new name is not the same thing as having new functionality. Many of the changes in gnome have not given new user level functionality, just made things more complicated and fragile.
3126: 1) Give the users back the ability to customize and configure their desktop according to their own needs - not to what some Gnome developers think is best for them.
2) Remove the Gnome Shell and go back to a decent window manager.
3) I want my panel back.
Gnome 3 was a step in the wrong direction. Ever since the first day an upgrade took me to it, I started looking for other desktops. I stick with Gnome only because of the lack of alternatives. Currently the choice is poor, but in case Gnome evolves further into the current direction I will abandon it for sure.
Gnome once was the best by far desktop there is. It makes me sad what has become of it.
3127: - Smaller window title bars
- Alt+tab, Alt+` behavior
3128: * Get the task bar back (or something else that preserve efficiency)
* Get the hierarchal application menu back (or something else that preserve efficiency)
* Stop preventing me from open several instances of applications (like the file manager). Tabbed UI only works well for some applications in my oppinion (like a text editor and web browser).
I appreciate your effort to improve things in Gnome 3, but the new way of switching windows is simply to time consuming for me. I usually have a lot of windows open on two screens and it is very annoying that I have to go through the "expose"-screen with thumbnails of my windows when I just want to bring a hidden window up to check or copy something.
I definitely like how you have polished the interface look though.
3129: the "user is an idiot" approach... that means: more settings (like in KDE System Settings) and not that much of removing features ("turn off" button)!
nothing else, I guess
Users can decide on their own, what they (don't) want to use.
3130: for one, add support for setting different desktop backgrounds for individual workspaces.
keep up the good work!
3131: 1- I would create a new view for gnome 3.x that would allow you to scale the open application windows so you can see them all and still be able to work in them. I would like to be able to scale things down and fit them all on the display(s) and still use them, but then resume back to full or windowed mode. Like the current
2- I would create an archive tool that would allow the backup of gnome profile settings for users and apps within gnome. It would have the capability of selectively backing up and restoring things like desktop themes and gnome terminal settings. It would be really great if any application could tie in and use this backup tool.
3- Related to #2, maybe make it so that you can create your own server that would accept the settings and serve them out to other devices when you log into them and point them at it. Basically the ability to have your profile and settings follow you everywhere, but to also have the ability to setup the server that allows this.
3-
You guys do a great job and I really appreciate all the hard work you have put into making a great desktop experience for all of us that use gnome. I would like to help more, but I am just a power user, not a programmer. I do use the early versions and try to use the bug reporting tool when I run into issues.
3132: WIMP style desktop
complete 2D support
stop change for the sake of change
Stop changing things that work.
3133: Haven't had time to try Gnome3. Would have tried it if it had come with Ubuntu.
3134: Gnome 3 needs a lot of work. I tried it for about a week and I had to switch back to 2. The window switching is painful, as well as the notification tray. I don't want to move my mouse all the way to the corner to switch windows. And I don't like the fact that all un-confirmed notifications stay in the notification bar. Leaving my computer and coming back a day later and having to acknowledge 20 old notifications is a pain. There should be some kind of options for this stuff.
3135: I have not tried Gnome 3.x, but from reviews I have read I don't think I want to.
3136: Make Network Manager more stable / support IPSec VPN
Some Mono apps are unstable, or use large amounts of resources: Transmission, Lights off, etc.
Simple, file based music player (Totem is ok for this use, but Banshee really sucks)
Please don't compiz and glitter-up the UI. Many gnome users prefer it for it's simplicity. If you do, make it easy to turn off all the effects in one place
3137: Speaking for GNOME 2.30 (I have not tested any later versions):
Update preferences dialogs to show all configurable options, or at least allow easy execution of gconf for the current application.
3138: 1. Fix multitude of bugs still present
2. Keep it simple (so my grandfather can keep using it)
3. Allow for easier customization (no sacrifice of simplicity)
Better intergrate with Compiz.
Maybe do more advancement into simulated 3D desktop, but keep it simple to use!
3139: The attitude of the devs
I want a configurable desktop with sane defaults, not an unconfigurable desktop with insane defaults
GNOME is constantly trying to force us down paths by removing options, including software integration, only to abandon them and try to reinvent the wheel.
Over the years, the devs have continued to abandon their current users in the hopes of grabbing new users. I stayed on GNOME 1.x with Enlightenment for years after GNOME 2.x had come out, until GNOME 2 was finally usable. I find GNOME 3 to be utterly unusable and when support for GNOME 2 finally ends, I'll be abandoning the platform entirely. Congratulations. Maybe GNOME should date Mozilla.
3140: Remove mono.
Focus on gnome apps now that the base f 3.x is running so well.
Rhythmic 3 ;)
I am really happy with gnome 3. You have all cleaned out the clutter and created something that is simple to look at but still has everything a desktop needs.
The keyboard controls are great.
3141: Undo the crazy interface changes of recent times.
I encourage increased slickness, but fundamental changes are silly - just as Mozilla ismaking change for change's sake
3142: make bugs like bellow not reach final release
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=651574
(looks fixed in 3.2)
3143: I wouldn't change anything. I have Windows 7 at work which is so Gnome like that I am trying to find a more Gnomish panel to use in it.
I used KDE for a long time but Gnome's cleaner look and ease of use won me over recently. I started using the Compiz plug-ins for grins and giggles, but originally because I wanted a completely different wallpaper for each of my four desktops.
3144: I would like to be able to 'pin' applications to windows (devilspie) in GNOME 3+. But only being able to have 1 spare workspace prohibits this. It's nothing major.
I have to admit that I was a little hesitant when I started using GNOME3.. But I guess I'm not too old to learn. I've adapted, and I think the "new" setup is awesome!..
Thank you very much for your efforts. I know a lot of people in the mailing lists are still unhappy, but if things don't change, they die, so change is good!!
3145: Don't reinvent the wheel - Gnome 2 is great, Unity sucks.
Make screensavers simple and configurable (like xscreensaver)
Fix mouse-wheel copy-pasting in gedit.
Don't reinvent the wheel, you're almost there with Gnome 2.
3146: Implement cascading menus, move hot corner away from Applications, File and Edit and ONE configuration utility.
Just three? Darn!
Telling users to fix a bug by "Just edit /path/to/some/file.xml" is arrogant and just plain wrong.
3147: I'd like it to be lighter on system resources, snappier (really don't like all those flashy one-second animations for simple things such as window minimization) and more stable (although I'm not really complaining, Ubuntu 11.04 + Gnome 2 is good enough in that respect).
Haven't used Gnome Shell so can't really comment on the direction you're going. Tried Unity for a few hours (Ubuntu 11.04 and now on 11.10). Didn't like it and decided to stick with Gnome 2 on Ubuntu 11.04 for a while longer.
Gnome2 + Docky is something that works for me, but I'm far from Gnome guys shouldn't experiment with new ways of doing things.
3148: Please improve the usability when keyboards and pointer buttons other than the first are unavailable (eg on tablets)
3149: I use a grid of virtual desktops. I've been avoiding GNOME 3 because this configuration is no longer supported.
Extensions, extensions, extensions. Make GNOME 3 a _platform_ and supply documentation and examples for people to create and distribute extensions. Create a web site where people can discover extensions, see which they have installed, try them online, and install them.
3150: Dump the UI revision.
The Gnome 3 UI does not provide for my needs, which are more simple than complex. The UI strikes me as an attempt to impress rather than provide the user with a service. Impress who? Dammed if I know.
3151: 1) Eliminate all traces of MONO!
2) Drop pulseaudio.
3) Properly expose and document configuration options, and not bury configurability in the name of pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Listen to your users and don't assume they are complete idiots who had never even heard of a computer until 5 minutes before being placed in front of the GNOME desktop.
3152: gnome-shell dconf alt+tab (all of them a pain in the ass)
Kill gnome-shell memory eating, create something different from a regedit, and please, erase from earth the painful alt+tab you've created and give us back the old but working one.
3153: 1 - Improve usability of pulseausio
2 - make gnome faster
3 - better default theme
3154: Allow a simplistic reconfiguration to return a gnome 3+ install to the same behaviour as a 2.x install for:
* alt+tab behaviour
* initial window placement (it used to actually work!)
* generally preserve better backwards compatibility when releasing newer versions
The mass changes between 2.x and 3.x with no easy way to revert back to "the way we all liked it" will likely drive as many users away from GNOME as the change from KDE 3.5 to 4.x did.
It's great to have new features that can be optionally turned on in an already working environment. It's extremely frustrating as a user to have a large number of changes happen with no obvious method to revert them.
3155: * Add more options/customization (screensaver, GDM, etc)
* Make GNOME work better with multiple logins of the same user on different machines (i.e., shared home dir not interfering, possibly allowing different settings per machine)
* Keep (return) GNOME working well in a desktop/laptop environment (mouse and keyboard inputs)
The calendar tool in GNOME 2.x with the world map and locations is a really nice feature, that I miss in other environments.
3156: revert to gnome 2
revert to gnome 2
3157: The reason I am not using Gnome 3 now is beside work. I play Starcraft 2 & warcraft 3. The problem I have with gnome 3 is the status bar actives when I move my mice down to the bottom of the screen. cousing my game to become unplayable or a big pain in the ass.
Other then that none.
you guys rock I like the new interface.
3158: Foster more of a community spirit.
Address user concerns with data.
Progress even faster (ideas are forthcoming faster than the code to implement them).
Thanks and keep forging ahead. While not all decisions may prove popular the general direction of the project is healthy and keeping the spirit which I, personally, have always seen as being there. I relish the changes - some may not work but lots will - progression is a positive thing. Ingenuity.
3159: Integrate more stuff--make sure that as much non-GNOME stuff as possible behaves correctly. This includes WINE (ugh--much as I hate the need for it, the need is there).
More tools to deal with app crashes. The fact that I still have to go to the console to rm -rf .whateverapp is insane. Automate the troubleshooting/fixing process.
There is no #3.
3160: a little better looking icons
documentation needs to be improved
other than that it is wonderful
Thank you for all your hard work.
3161: Keep the look and feel of Gnome 2!!!!
3162: More accessible options - too many settings have been hidden away in dconf-editor!
Integration of unity and Gnome3
3163: Provide Gnome user survey at www.gnome.org/
*Wish List
*Extra Function request
Provide Multi-Codecs for Multi-Media
*DVD, VCD, CD player within Totem
Provide list of projects for grad students
*Grad Programming Projects/Thesis
I use Gnome 2.3.
Gnome 3.0 does not provide functions for super users.
Function(s) & Application(s) requested should be added as a survey.
A department that contacts hardware companies requesting to support their hardware for:
*Bounty
*Monies to write application code that integrates with Gnome.
ie. linradio
License the Gnome Brand for Gnome Branded Clothing.
*It's easier to buy at Wal-Mart.
3164: Font & icon control could be better
better integration with Compiz and cairo dock
I think the display drivers could be better but I don't think that is a GNOME problem
Great job GNOME Guys/Gals - Keep up the good work!
3165: A way to remove chat from the notification bar without removing audio also.
Keep Mono out of it by default.
Make Nautilus useful (terminal here, location bar by default, etc).
Bring back the GNOME 2 interface in GNOME 3.
3166: Go back to GNOME 2 "classic" style and I'll gladly switch back.
Unity / Gnome shell style really sucks.
3167: - Bring back the taskbar at the bottom with PROPER notifications
- Reduce icon size in the switcher
- Bring back applets and icons in the bars
Remove that halo at the bottom and put a proper taskbar in place!!!!
3168: please fix/update the reported bugs more quickly. there are known bugs that have been around for many years.
gnome 3 is no good for desktops/productivity. it has far too many bugs. fixes/updates are taking too long. at present i am using linuxmint because i do not want the hassle of gnome 3.
3169: performance
better themes
better font
3170: 1. Although I love OS X, I would love Gnome to look less as a copycat
2. More settings would be nice, simplicity is good, but good is not awesome ;)
3. Do something about Evolution, it is unreliable. Or switch effort to Thunderbird!
Great job, I love every Gnome release, although I haven't found one that could be main stream. Gnome 3 looks promising, but simplicity is not enough, some people don't like simple things, they need challenge too!
3171: customisability, not ditching the desktop paradigm in favour of an interface designed for touch screens or netbooks
3172: Ease of use
3173: TBH I wouldn't use GNOME at all if I had a choice (it is the corporately supplied desktop and nothing else is installed). I preferred CDE.
You doubtless believe in what you're doing, but from the outside it looks like you're breaking things for the sake of change. Be more open with your rationales, and less quick to dismiss the concerns of your unhappy users.
3174: Three options:
1. Hide the task bar
2. Modify manus (<ALT> for Shutdown ??? )
3. Do not close desktop when last app removed
A desktop is NOT a tablet or a phone. Perhaps you could have options based upon display size:
ie: Small display == touch screen controls enabled by default but still optional
Large display == desktop layout by default but touch screen controls optional (Kiosk or large tablet)
Assuming that all user want a 'phone' like interface is a very bad assumption, and the Gnome shell appears to be modeled after a phone interface.
3175: GNOME is getting a bit too slow for my liking. I'm considering switching to something more lightweight.
It should be possible to change the color of the clock text.
3176: 1. Built-in, functional typing breaks facility. DrWright doesn't support micro-breaks, and GNOME 3 doesn't like Workrave's panel icon.
2. GNOME 3 sidebar/launcher needs to be non-hiding, at least as an option. Horizontal screen space is not terribly valuable, and discoverability is key.
3. Some sort of non-3D fallback would be useful. I often run Linux distros in VMs for testing purposes. VirtualBox, VMWare, et al have poor Linux 3D support, and the experience really suffers in GNOME 3.
Keep up the good work! Even when the changes aren't perfect, I like that you're experimenting with new UI. The Activities view is useful, especially launch-by-text-search.
Also mad props to the Gtk+ OSX team, that's super useful!
3177: The growing trend away from configurability and power user flexibility has driven me away from GNOME. I'm currently trialing other DEs, settling mostly on LXDE, which is less powerful, but offers me the configurability and flexibility I desire. My main desktop still runs Win7, and I find the contrast very poignant: Windows 7 manages to be extremely user-friendly, but maintain a host of configurability options for power users; GNOME, by contrast, seems to think they only way to be more user-friendly is to REMOVE the options and configuration settings that power users crave. E.g., panels: where did they go?
3178: keep supporting gnome 2.X once its gone i will be switching to Xfce
3179: 1. I would provide a way for applications to classify their notifications as "transient" and not save those in the inbox.
2. I would integrate old panel applets with GNOME 3 to aid migration. It is really frustrating to "upgrade" to a newer GNOME version (read: >= 3.0) and to have actually less functionality than 2.x in this matter.
3. I would make sure experienced users love GNOME 3 too, not only entry-level users. Share the concepts behind GNOME 3 but be friendly to critiques.
4. I would provide a user-friendly way to let the users host their own cloud in a distributed but secure manner.
3180: Put back all the functionality that's been removed from Gnome 3. Stop pissing about pretending to be Apple, yet not even managing to come close.
Gnome 3 sucks. Period.
3181: Nautilus I would like to improve (version 2.30.1):
An improved search function.When I choose search the tree disappears. I can't use conditions such as date and type of file in search.
Keep up the good work. Simplicity is good, not having to jump through layer after layer as in KDE and VISTA is appreciated. Focus on stability and speed, not on graphical effects.
3182: Get rid of mono, slim down the dependencies for media programs, add more theme options to resemble xfce choices standard.
Thank you for creating such excellent free and open source software. Please do not create a bloated mess like the kde team did recently.
3183: Gnome 2.x, which I use now, is exactly what I need: a simple environment to start the few programs I use . I do not need advanced features. I would change:
- Keep the files/directories in Nautilus sorted always in the same way. For some reason the sorting changes - perhaps some programs enforce their own sorting. This makes using Nautilus much slower that the command line.
I had used KDE for many years, but when KDE4 came, I switched to Gnome. I neither like no need the advanced features. If Gnome will go this way, I'll switch to something else. But I do not want to say that all changes are bad - only too big steps are hard to accept for some users.
3184: More configuration options
Better dconf/gconf documentation
Less MacOS X cloning
3185: * the layers upon layers of software
* the interfaces that continually change
* network manager just completely sucks.
don't try to re-invent Windows.
3186: Less hidden configuration.
Switch things up all you want, but let me be able to configure my desktop how I like.
3187: - wine apps integrated as first class apps in gnome
- i think the system tray and notification system in gnome 3 is complete broken. i loved the concept but does not work at all for me on daily basis (i like the unity way)
- support for touch devices (support != work, it should feel good and not just work)
please be friends with unity, kde an the rest. keep open standards and interact with the others. it should NOT matter what desktop you use. every app should feel at home and native.
3188: - less resource hungry.
- Making GNOME components usable by their own in other DE's. Its already working for some components like gnome-keyring or gvfs for example
- more / easier customisation
Make components available / usable for other DE's to avoid redundancy and improve code quality.
GNOME 3 is resource hungry. It is using more battery on my laptop than GNOME 2.x (powertop shows wakups from [i915@pci:0000:00:02.0] so it has probably to do with the eye-candy)
3189: Return to Gnome 2.x, and have everyone involved in the horrible 3.x line banned from the project.
Pull your heads out of your asses and actually listen to what people want.
3190: I'd like better control of the startup sequence. Sometimes gnome-panel hangs (probably an internet applet problem) and sometimes I'm getting internet applications starting before I have a connection up. I realsie that this is partly upstart but I do have a gnome hosted startup menu.
Also indicators no longer show on a hover over.
Please could we have a fork to give us a GTK3 upgrade but keep the Gnome 2 interface?
My customisation of Gnome 2.32 works fine, why should i have to swap to something that's a pain.
Meanwhile I'm sticking with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. You have 18 months.
3191: lighter weight
3192: 1. Stop simplifying the user interface. Being able to customize it is essential.
2. Bring back a text field on file dialogs to type in paths.
3. Please, fix bugs and add new features, rather than removing features and redesigning the whole interface without good reason.
Please stop trying to follow others, like Windows and KDE. This is the reason all of my computers have been migrated to Xfce.
3193: I would port GNOME to Wayland, it's clear that Wayland is the future, X has no future on the desktop.
Yes, port GNOME to Wayland. KDE is already doing this.
3194: More configuration for Gods' sake.
1) Let me suspend on pressing the power button, no extra dialogs asking me if I really want to suspend.
2) Let me disable password prompts after suspending.
3) Let me disable keyboard accessibility shortcuts, I mean the option exists but it disables nothing.
I actually compiled a document addressing 16 things that Gnome 3 should change and that's just Gnome Shell, the configuration issue is grave. I used to feel very comfortable with Gnome preferring it to other desktops, nowadays I have better control of my Windows XP laptop than my Gnome Desktop because the Gnome Team got rid of so many options.
It has even caused me some professional embarrassments when I wasn't capable of disabling passwords prompts for a user that was considering switching to Linux.
3195: Better file manager, more expert options available (i.e. an Advanced button), better second monitor support
Some of us still use a keyboard and external mouse, i.e. at work! Software like Remmina [which is awesome] allows us to use Linux at work and connect to Windows servers - we need more pieces like that.. then we don't have to run Windows. :)
IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager has a great inline help for the command line interface... similar to man or info but it also very useful.
Places could have plugins to various services - i.e. Dropbox, your own personal remote pc, your co-workers or partner's pc, maybe Google, or whathaveyou.
I would love it if I could use my Apple keyboard more seamlessly or try to use the new Apple trackpad. Decent VOIP app or Password Manager?
3196: make gnome 3 more easily customizable; also, I'd like to have a tiling modality for windows placement (optional, of course); gnome 3 is too memory consuming!
3197: "What works don't need fixin' ".
OS X works well because applications are written to it. By trying to force the OS X dock on people, you assume the underlying applications adhere to the NeXTSTEP/OSX window management paradigm (but they don't).
Food for thought.
3198: - kill registry
- decent (can be customized) window manager
- move all config files into .config dir
Stop treating users like idiots which cannot be trusted with configuration.
Pleasing grandmas is a worthy goal, but it should not be done by sacrificing configurability/extensibility for everyone.
3199: I am not a fan of the GNOME3 main UX but GTK+3 support to projects such as Xfce will help address this while keeping the solid GTK+ libs in place and GNOME compatibility. It is a shame there is not some 'classic' UX that could ship with GNOME3 but this may be flogging a dead horse.
3200: Bring back the Gnome panel exactly as it was under Gnome 2.
Make the entire desktop more configurable. Removing options is EXTREMELY annoying, and the GNOME developer attitude that has caused them to consistently ignore the fact that people hate this has been going on for years.
Stop making stupid UI changes. The desktop on Gnome 2 worked well, and rather than making a weird desktop based on what you think people do, you should be making a desktop that makes people work productively.
Designing Gnome for tablet use is ridiculous; no-one is using full Linux distributions on tablets, and there is no sign that the PC is going to die any time soon. We will all be using keyboards, mice and standalone monitors for a long time to come.
I have now moved to XFCE because Gnome 3 is entirely useless for my purposes as a power desktop environment. Please make sure the Gnome team knows that I have stopped using Gnome entirely because their Gnome 3 release is so useless for any sort of work beyond simply web-browsing.