What People Are Saying About GNOME [Part 4]
3601: Ditch gnome 3
Gnome 3 sucks
3602: Bring back the configurability that previous GNOME versions had. Stop taking control away from the user. Also, config files should be PLAIN TEXT, not binary.
3603: Performance. I can't run GNOME on my netbook, which I would like to do. (Well, I can run GNOME but not much else.)
Love you guys, keep up the good work! :-)
3604: After ~4 years with GNOME, I abandoned GNOME 3 for XFCE. The new user interface is severely detrimental to work productivity. Revert the interface to GNOME 2 mechanics.
The desktop interface should allow you to do your work efficiently and stay out of your way, not constantly reminding you of its presence.
Heed the voice of the community or we will leave. Regarding: the user backlash during the development of GNOME 3.
3605: Add a white on black minimalistic theme with smaller buttons so it looks less like a WM. Also nekkid BSD chicks.
Keep on coding! :)
3606: 1. Dont group apps when I tab between them.
2. Not sure what I would change it to... but the notification system doesnt work.
3. Why the hell do I have to type ctrl + del in order to delete a file or folder?!? It's not like the del key has another purpose.
Get a usability expert on board... seriously!!!
3607: I would return to the original Desktop concept instead of an interface that was clearly thought for tablet devices or, at the very least, I would ask the devs to allow me to return to a regular "old fashioned" desktop instead of breaking my user experience completely with something nigh unusable.
Allow for seamless use of other desktop compositing projects like Compiz... or at least easier than it is now.
Also, try to give a little love to GNOME's companion projects (i.e. Epiphany, Abiword, Gnumeric, et al.) to make them as good if not better than their competition (Pidgin, LibreOffice).
Pay attention to what your users are saying: yes, some love GNOME3 but others (myself among them) abhor it like the plague. I don't want to stop using GNOME and would like to be given the choice of using my traditional GNOME 2.X desktop or the new ideas you're cooking up.
Do not force me to use the desktop like YOU use it or like you'd want me to use it: If I were in the market for that I'd use Windows or OSX.
3608: For Empathy and Gnome 3.2 Online Accts: When you do File->Exit in Empathy, it should also close the open chat windows as well as mark your status as "unavailable" on the top right.
I find the current NetworkManager (0.9) to be more annoying to configure correctly with nm-applet than 0.8 was... The documentation on the website still seems to refer to 0.8. Still trying out to not require the root password when I connect to my ethernet...
3609: 1. Windows must not appear or disappear under the mouse pointer.
(causing a click or even typing to reach the wrong window)
2. Ditch the confusing and limiting "activity" model. If I try
to start a second instance of an app, DO THAT. It's not OK
to merely switch to an already-running instance.
3. Support SE Linux sandboxing so that I can run a apps from
totally untrusted sources. GNOME needs to do the file open
dialogs, because letting untrusted code read my home directory
is 100% insecure.
GNOME 1.x was great: taskbar, start menu, workspace switcher,
and non-broken focus-follows-mouse.
GNOME 2.x could be made to mimic GNOME 1.x with great effort.
You could tell it had been designed by committee because it
had both a Windows-style task bar and a MacOS-style top menu,
but you could disable that. With a few undocumented gconf
adjustments (user-hostile for sure!) one could make it sane.
GNOME 3.x seems unable to mimic the nice GNOME 1.x experience.
3610: Stability, speed, and aesthetics
Make it rarely crash and recover gracefully without confusing error mesages when it does crash.
Make it so fast that people don't notice it's there. Menus *with* icons appear instantly, terminals aren't limited by the speed of antialiasing, desktop switching doesn't flash and visibly repaint, resizing doesn't jerk and tear.
Tighten up the visuals. Make it hard for apps to look bad.
3611: 1. More freedom to view virtual desktops horizontally or in a grid
2. Something like a dock or window list on the desktop to view running apps; I don't like that the dock in Activities is hidden
3. Easier customization options for fonts and windows decorations
1. Make the new "dark" theme from GNOME 3.2 the default theme. The gray-so-light-it-is-pretty-much-white theme is not attractive.
2. Create or incorporate a new and modern icon theme. The default GNOME icons are terribly dated and not easily changed in GNOME 3.2
3. Lose some of the padding and margins around controls and window borders. It makes windows in GNOME 3.2 look unprofessional and amateurish.
4. Put everything else aside and dedicate all current resources to making GNOME 3.2 customization, through skins, icon packs, and other end-user customization. New features and refinements can come later; make sure GNOME 3.x provides the same baseline configuration and win back the community's hearts. Then feel free to iterate and innovate. You are losing hearts and minds.
3612: New wacky interface is an over reach.
Would love a tablet and mobile version of gnome. Desktops are dying.
You have the best linux destlktop but you need to go after the tablet and mobile market with passion and a drive to conquer.
Thsmks for not bending to Ubuntu!
3613: 1) Memory usage. My Thinkpad T61 has 1 GB of RAM and never swapped with GNOME 2.x. It regularly does so with 3.2
2) Speed. 3.2 is an improvement over 3.0, but there are still some responsiveness problems.
3) Feature completeness. There are a number of things which I can't do in 3.2 that I can do in 2.x, such as easily set up a printer that is not properly autodetected or disable the default sound scheme.
The new desktop is wonderful! The transition from 2.x to 3.x was several orders of magnitude better than KDE 3 -> 4 and tons more stable. I'm looking forward to seeing it evolve.
3614: -Bring back the gnome-2-esque environment, and not just as a crippled fallback option.
-Add more settings for customization (theme/color, lid closing options, etc)
-Make window manager top bar thinner
3615: More configuration options for advanced users.
"Classic Mode" via system-preferences instead of having to install 3rd party configuration tools/tweak the for the same purpose.
Yes, usability is important for new users but do not completely shut out people who want more advanced options. The myth of Linux gaining desktop market share and dominating the world is not going to happen unless some miracle happens and microsoft is totally obliterated from the face of the earth. The majority of Linux users are and will always be the 'geek' types.
3616: Multimonitor support is rather broken in 3.2.x.
Please roll out the browser based one-click install for extensions and themes. Free us from gnome-look.org's terribleness.
3617: 1) extended compose key sequences and documention
2) smaller window decoration, i.e. less high window caption
3) faster start menu appearance
Keep up the good work.
3618: Scrap Gnome Shell. Continue improving and extending Gnome Classic (2.x). Provide more options to the user instead of gratuitous simplification.
See question 22.
3619: Nothing. I'm happy with Linux Mint's decision to keep Gnome 2 and implement Mate in future releases
3620: Settle on where "Terminal" and "Shut Down are located on drop-down menus.
Give option for SOLID BLACK rather than yukky grey on terminal background (non-transparent) for maximum contrast readability.
And assure that when lynx is running in black-on-white terminal it doesn't come out grey or black background...
Either combo should be bullet-proof, no matter the web-site...just like the old days. It CAN BE DONE, guys...It HAS been done !
Cut out the stupid one pixel scan bars; go for simplicity, useability,
predictability...
Version 2 is
* Simple
* Usable
* Workable
Continue on that path, chase what nagging little bugs remain,
and only then improve the design and appearance of icons...
Thanks a lot for your continuing efforts !!!!
3621: I'm using 2.30.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and it does everything I want, however I won't upgrade to newer versions of Ubuntu because of removal of choice in Gnome 3.0. There's only one thing I'd change, and it is vital: PLEASE STOP REMOVING USER FREEDOM AND CHOICE! I customized my desktop a lot, and I'm not looking for arbitrary changes or reduced options.
I've set up several people with Linux systems and Gnome 2 - these are not sophisticated users by any stretch: they use their systems in quite rudimentary ways. I count on the many options available in Gnome 2 to customize their desktops such that they are easy to use. I likewise customize my desktop extensively. Changes introduced in Gnome 3 mean I will not use it, full stop. When support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ends, I'll be switching away from Gnome. I don't mind a "simple" interface, just so I can pop the hood as desired. Bitterly disappointed in the direction both Gnome and Ubuntu are heading.
3622: * When running Nautilus outside of GNOME (when using Openbox instead temporarily), the GNOME desktop starts. That's really annoying.
* An option for show on all desktops button might come in handy.
* Panel is sometimes a bit unstable.
3623: It should take account their users
Please let the communitty can state an opinion
3624: Support for built-in widgets.
Tree-based application navigation.
Stability.
I like the way Gnome 3 has bucked the trend and evolved into a new desktop paradigm. However, some features seem to assume we do not use our desktop/Linux for more than one task. Navigating applications when there are a few is still quite cumbersome, and useful widgets/menubar tools such as network monitors et al are actually useful for people - like in OSX, most users can add these options easily to check what their computer is doing. In Gnome 2 this was a simple contextual right-click; with Gnome 3 a few things such as these seem castrated for the sake of less clutter; but in fact it is actually removing useful features for everyday people.
3625: Talking about Gnome 3 - gnome-shell:
- Allow advanced configuration/customization: most users are not dumb AND don't like Apple politics "We know what's better for you"
- Add a dock (something like Docky or Plank) in gnome-shell, to ease app switching (sometime mouse is faster than keyboard)
- Allow mouse initiated workspace switching.
- Maybe add the ability to arrange workspace in a grid, for rapid switching.
Listen the community. Gnome would not exist without you, but your work would be a waste of time without your users base.
3626: more settings to change appearance and themes.
3627: A. The reason I had to drop Gnome 3/Gnome shell was that it was causing me difficulty in using Libre Office. It had video interactions that made it extremely difficult to work with a document. It was painful as the text would not scroll properly, text would not move over when inserting or deleting properly, etc. I was getting to like Gnome Shell, but this was totally unacceptable. My system is a quad-core AMD Phenom with Nvidia GeForce GT220 graphics, so it should not be due to the hardware. I was running the Nvidia driver, and was getting fairly good performance except for Gnome Shell.
B. Gnome Shell itself: It was like working through molasses. When selecting things from the top bar, there was a distinct lag between selecting something and activation. This is something I never experienced with Gnome 2 or other DEs.
C. Applets and/or extensions that provide the functionality that the Gnome 2 applets had. Some of those extensions were quite useful, and their absence in Gnome 3/Gnome shell is painfully obvious when I try to search for a suitable utility to provide the missing functions.
Okay, I am going for a couple more.
D. Why in the world was the pager switched from horizontal to vertical? It meant breaking long-held ways of working to try to get used to the way Gnome Shell works. Shades of Microsoft and MS Office's ribbon bar!
E. Swell Foop = miserable flop. Bring back Same Gnome Please! It looked a whole lot better. I miss the spinning balls. Kids I showed it to liked it much better than the squares.
Please consider the feedback you are getting in this survey. The problems I experienced have pushed me away from Gnome and to XFCE. It isn't that I am particularly attracted to it. It is just that my working paradigm did not need to be shifted so radically. I did adopt some concepts from Gnome Shell when setting up my XFCE desktop such as a vertical panel that auto-hides. It exists in the same location that the Gnome Panel does, on the left side of the screen. It does not require me to hit a key combination or click a button to access it. The rest of my desktop is empty except for a panel on the bottom which contains applets and status icons. The biggest difference is that it is fast, something I could not say about Gnome Shell.
Also, Why Javascript and CSS for Gnome Shell? I think that the main reason it is so slow is due to the overhead these require. It made my quad-core machine perform like a 286. :(
3628: Widgets like Android + KDE
better tiling support like xfce
Integrated launcher like Docky or Cairo
Keep up the good work, its appreciated.
3629: Better shortcut support (I currently use stumpwm on my laptop)
Integration with cli clients (mpd, newsbeuter, etc)
Remove pulse-audio dependency!!!
Very well done for mouse support. Keyboard support is still a bit lacking.
PLEASE remove pulseaudio dependency.
3630: - Bring back panel or make shell customizable
- Somehow replace that Activities corner with something faster
- Bring notifcations and hidden "Tray" area back into the panel
Gnome 3 made launching and switching applications / windows notably slower, more confusing and more distracting. Please sort this out.
Example: Open a new terminal
Gnome 3: Point on Activities, wait for the screen to change, visually realize the position of the "terminal" icon, point there, click right, move cursor to "new window", click left.
Gnome 2: Click on visible "Terminal"-Icon placed in panel.
3631: I kind of like the global menu that's in Unity, got used to it from amiga/icaros etc but it's not a big deal.
keep up the good work!
3632: The developers. Only a collection of egotistical morons would choose to dismiss the primary purpose of the desktop and laptop computer and in doing so, completely abandon the established loyal user base for one that doesn't actually exist.
I was going to write a well-reasoned, logical dismissal of the GNOME team's decision to trade productivity for what is essentially reduced to eye candy. However, I then realised that I am but one of the hundreds of thousands of lambs, all bleating the same thing. Numerous others have already told you that the changes you've made were a poorly thought out, massive mistake. We are the users. Or, we *were*. We are now moving on.
You done goofed. I hope I never see you developing for KDE.
3633: Never ever ever have to use Gnome 3.
Please fork or somehow maintain development of the Gnome 2 interface. I tried 3 on a Fedora 15 box, nearly as awful as Unity. If I have to upgrade, I'll move to xfce or flux.
3634: Easily accessible documentation for technical users. For example it took me forever to get that dconf settings were overriding gconf settings and that gnome-terminal was setting *_proxy env vars based on this. I had to install dconf-utils to reset my proxy settings in dconf (which were different than gconf). Oh and binary config files are not the unix way.
Don't treat all lusers like dummies. Give us an expert mode.
I have not tried gnome 3, but I prefer usability over 'shiny'
I don't know about the internal politics (and I don't care to know), but it seems there may be lack of comms between teams.
How can there be two (conflicting) sources of config truth (gconf/dconf)? When they don't agree, one is lying. This is bogus.
3635: keep 2.30 legacy UI for 3.x
I like 2.30 UI better than 3.0
3636: - Make more configurable
- Rsstore old desktop paradigm
3637: 1. In Gnome 2 I had a hebrew date applet, a system resource usage applet both don't exists (yet) for gnome3, also why can't I set the date to be displayed with the time?
2. A lot of configuration dialogs seem to have gone or been hidden, ubuntu changed the window borders and the default config dialog was unable to switch them to the gnome3 default, most likely because the setting is in some gtk dialog that is hidden/doesn't exist anymore.
3. That's it for now, I have only been using gnome3 for a week now (and tested it a few times over the last year), since I do a substantial part of my work in the browser and the terminal I am less bothered by what my DE/WM is doing but I would like more configuration options again....
Thanks for the great work, keep it up!
3638: If GNOME 3 is the future of the GNOME desktop, then I will be abandoning ship once it is no longer easy to get previous versions on a modern OS.
3639: Make the Grid plug-in from Compiz a default part of GNOME.
Don't make changes for the sake of change.
3640: It's clear that the GNOME team has tried to make a distinct and clear break from the past with the 3.x series, which I have tried a little but didn't particularly like. I understand the desire to "update" the GNOME experience in order to stay relevant (especially considering the small-screens on tablets, etc, that are becoming popular) so I am sympathetic to the attempt. So my suggestion would be to maintain the "Classic" GNOME interface as an option (even if it was a little hidden to novices) in a more consistent way vis-a-vis GNOME 2.x.
3641: more desktop widgets like KDE
3642: For some reason my printer quit working when I switched to 3.2 from 2 on my work laptop.
Built in terminal would be nice.
3643: Pick a different design to activate the shell than the hot area in the top left of the screen, it drives me insane.
Devote attention to emphasizing and supporting the fallback mode as a first class citizen in gnome 3; the shell as of 3.2 isn't yet ready for prime time in terms of features, stability, or usability (perhaps call it "classic" mode or something?)
Bring back the ability to configure the shell --- currently it's far less configurable than Mac os x. Stopping people from customizing things as a design goal is insane.
Bring back the ability to reboot or shutdown the computer without holding down alt while clicking the menu.
3644: Fix minor bugs and some performance improvements for slow computers like netbooks.
3645: I'd like the option to have CTRL-ALT-T start maximized. But it isn't a big deal maximizing is always just another keypress away.
Please do not change gnome terminal. It is perfect as is (2.30.2) The custom keybindings are crucial to how I work.
Also focus follows mouse (without auto raise) is how I've always had things setup, reading ESR's recent rant http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=3822 makes me worried, please keep "focus follows mouse" as something easy to configure.
3646: Gnome 3 seems to aiming positive development after the aging Gnome 2. I do like the Gnome Shell too, just not all aspects of it. The things I would Change would be:
1) Remove the ALT key option to shutdown. In an experiment with someone who has barely ever used GNU/Linux, I asked them to 'shutdown' the computer. On repeated attempts, they were unable to shut the computer down without me informing them about the ALT option.
2) Reduce the icon size; i.e. make everything smaller. Most of the people who run desktops are purely annoyed by the insanely large icons and reduction in screen real-estate. It significantly hinders user productivity.
3) Bring back user control. The lack of adequate control options is a step backwards for the Gnome Developers and they should have a look at KDE in that regards
While I wish the Gnome 3 the best of luck for the future and commend them on their hard work, if they do not listen to the community on the design aspects of Gnome Shell all their hard work is potentially a waste as not only will they loose new users, but Gnome veterans will be lost too which is highly unaffordable. Hence, I would advise the Gnome Developers to keep in mind the communities feedback when making key decisions in projects such as the Gnome Shell.
3647: Design, usability, simplicity
3648: Too many to list. I like GNOME. I like Unity. They both have PROs and CONs. Take some of the PROs from each and combine to make a nice and easy to use DE, and maybe I'll switch from KDE. :-)
Take more surveys. Let people help shape what they want. Yes, it takes some internal decisions to move things and guide things, but take as much input from the users as you can. Just don't take so much we end up with a Homer Simpson car.
3649: 1. Active engagement with user experience testing.(e.g. where do people commonly get stuck when trying to do tasks.)
2. An understandable networking UI. There is usually more than one window in different places and they don't give me the information or tools I need. Sadly windows does a much more straight forward, non buggy job. Sigh.
Look at where users are having problems and fix that instead of making new wiz bang "improvements"
3650: faster, use less memory, work closer with FreeBSD
keep up the good work!
3651: gdm - let me see the results of running shutdown scripts so that I can see where it hangs (not gnome's fault it hangs, of course, but the current gdm behaviour is unhelpful for those who put it all together ourselves. And let me configure the damned thing!
Please, stop assuming I'm a moron who really wishes to use MS Windows.
3652: 1. Go back to GNOME 2.* UI for desktop and laptop machines with screens bigger than 10".
2. Allow multiple desktops to be arranged in a 2x2 array rather than the current vertical only array.
3. Add some functionality (a la Windows 7) to easily arrange windows on a given laptop.
GNOME 3 UI is not as efficient as the GNOME 2 UI. It looks prettier no doubt, but after a year of using it constantly, I still prefer the old one.
3653: 1) Sometimes one task requires multiple windows. There should be a quicker/easier way to switch between windows within a single work space. Perhaps a single click on activities can be used to switch between windows on your current work space. Meanwhile, a double click on activities can show everything (like it does already).
2) Most people don't miss a maximize button because dragging windows until they snap to certain sides is a great alternative. But not having a minimize button is counter intuitive. There needs to be a way for windows to placed on the back burner. Maybe dragging a window to the bottom of the screen could put it in a minimized state. Or perhaps a right click on the close button could make a window minimize. A hot corner on the lower left could show/hide the icons of the running tasks and be displayed similarly to the notification area.
3) The new Gnome is very aesthetically pleasing, but it could benefit from the option to add/customize visual effects. It doesn't need hundreds like Compiz, but it needs than the minimal amount that it has now. Generally people don't buy a brand new OS and then disable all the eye candy because visual effects is a big selling point for many people. I would like to see more options for visual effects.
You are an inspired team of goal driven people. It's a big step in the right direction, but it's not quite there yet.
3654: - Give the GNOME team a vision
- Make GTK use Clutter
- Make gnome-shell use GTK
Get a vision. Build it. Don't let Red Hat do it.
3655: 1. Improved launcher - nothing beats the OSX dock or similar copies like AWN, cairo-dock, etc.
2. Menu/Panel like GNOME2 panel(s) - Gnome Shell app. launcher is very cumbersome and difficult to navigate.
3. A more complete settings app - currently third-party apps like gnome-tweak are needed to configure GNOME. That's completely unacceptable for a full-fledged desktop platform.
I don't think that GTK3 is a bad toolkit nor is GNOME3 a bad platform. Gnome Shell has some nice features but it's cumbersome for my style of use. Customization of the Shell would be highly advantageous to provide better/faster access to applications.
3656: Speed, more eye candy, nothing
3657: better way to access files and place through typing interface
default theme is the ugliest I've ever seen
bring back default minimize and maximize buttons
3658: Don't listen to bad voices on the survey at Phoronix. Keep up the good work! Fix bugs and innovate.
3659: Add desktop configuration settings.
Add window manager configuration settings.
Make fallback more like the non-fallback version.
Please configure the Gnome 3 desktop.
Please configure the window manager.
3660: Back the panel
Add themes
Get rid of Mono
Please get rid of Mono
3661: Same or better level of customization as Gnome2. Visual as well as Interaction (keyboard shortcuts)
More polished & consistent interface across all default apps
Stop using nautilus for desktop & add something like Android's homescreen .. or maybe osx like dashboard to put widgets
do more surveys & listen to the users.
3662: taskbar manager, thats all i need
3663: Add functionality to it by default via useful extensions
use compiz instead of mutter
give it a fully functional fallback mode that works/behaves like gnome 2 instead of a half baked replacement
Listen to your users complaints about the lack of functionality instead of ignoring or making excuses. Gnome 2 was very functional and customisable out of the box... gnome 3xx needs to give it's users the same easy path to customising/tweaking their desktop to their needs out of the box without relying on extensions/hacks. The Desktop feels uninviting as functionality is taken away from the average user
3664: keep up the good work. gnome3 is coming slong nicely.
3665: Lose the title bar at the top of the screen
3666: re: Gnome 3
Scrap it
Return to Gnome 2 look/feel
Return to Gnome 2 configurability
See 22 above
3667: Let me select multiple windows from the task manager
Dump everything 3.x and go back to 2 conventions
Seriously 2.x is a hell of a lot better
Unity is a mistake, please don't copy that mistake.
I have used gnome 2 for about as long as I've used linux. While it could use a rewrite, the basic conventions are sound, and pretty easy for windows users to grasp. Gnome 3 however is not.
I've seen people who i've helped covert struggle so much they've gone back to using windows.
Don't make the mistake ubuntu is still making of not Listening to its users, please.
3668: i heard it could be faster...
3669: 1) The pathetic design. Why waste screen real estate needlessly?
2) The dock, fix it.
3) Get away from the whole "tablet designed" desktop. It pisses a lot of people off. At least Unity pulls that crap off better and still manages to be a good desktop environment.
Yeah, for Gnome 4 I suggest you guys take a long hard look at the usability of Gnome 3 and its design. For Gnome 4, listen to the people who actually use it but don't have time to contribute code, then maybe people wouldn't be so put off by it. It needs a redesign because right now it looks and feels substandard for a DESKTOP environment.
3670: 0. Have files named A1 and a2 sort in that order in Nautilus.
1. Add expandable tree view of processes and disk access history chart in System Monitor, like Process Explorer on Windows. Really just everything that PE does.
2. Deletion Date column in the Trash Can.
3. Have a way in Nautilus to force a particular view setting (Detail/List/Icons) and zoom level to all folders you've ever visited, or just forget all such recorded per-folder settings.
3671: Easier customization, i.e. icon sizes, font sizes.
3672: Easier configuration from files (ala openbox)
Less system resource usage
Probably less eye candy
Even Gnome 3 is still much better than Unity ;)
3673: Don't blindly follow trends.
Don't jump the shark.
Consistency for quality, measure twice cut once.
3674: Take the "sidebars" of GNOME 3 (desktop manager on the right and quicklaunch on the left) and add them to GNOME 2.x
3675: A complete abandonment of mono.
More advanced configuration options in gui.
There is no 3.
I think 3 is a lot worse than 2, and I don't think think I'm alone. A lot of people are switching to xfce or others.
3676: 1. Bring back option of lower panel to hold applets/notifications - panel applets are the one thing I truly miss from gnome2 - some of them were extremely useful. Also the current "slide-up" for alerts/notifications does not work very well, though for all I know this may be an implementation issue already solved in 3.2
2. Discoverability of shutdown vs. suspend option in menu. Gnome 3 was frankly an amazing improvement in ease-of-use, which made this particular misstep stand out like a massive pimple on the face of Helen of Troy.
3. A tad more customization preferences can be brought back in, though I think I understand the philosophy behind removing everything "non-essential" in a .0 release - that way you can find out what people TRULY miss, and restore only those options.
Keep up the good work, don't let the changeophobes stifle innovation. You get 10 things right for every misstep, as far as I'm concerned.
3677: Ability to drag and drop application icons on the dash.
Notification area needs refinement (applications like tomboy need to be permanently visible)
Ability to drag application icons in the overview to workspaces or to the dash.
3678: 1. Re-instate Gnome 2.X and call it GNOME 3
2. See Above
3. See Above
Don't screw yourselves with the current GNOME 3.
GNOME 2.x was fantastic!
3679: Ditch the shell. Give me easier access to my launchers. HATE the latest gnome. Period.
Respond to your users needs, don't push things on them. Between this and Unity, I've been a very unhappy user for about 6 months. XFCE is the closest to making me happy again. Thanks for pointing out Enlightenment--been years since I looked at it. Hopefully, I will be able to return to Gnome when sanity returns.
3680: Fork and continue development and support of Gnome 2.x
It seems as if Gnome 3, Unity, and Windog 8 are all
absolutely determined to transform my desktop into
a giant smart phone! Is this really an improvement?
3681: Make it more customizable.
Support Dvorak keymap (the current implementations fails to map control keys correctly).
Turn off hotkeys in terminal that prevent common line editing sequences (like alt-b, alt-f).
The environment looks like you're trying too hard to emulate Windows.
3682: Fix Gnome 3. It feels like they worked on new ideas but didn't adequately hash those ideas out. Nothing about it feels elegant.
3683: I always have trouble tracking down how to customize the menus that pop up when I click (or middle- or right- click) on the desktop.
There should be a quick way to remove an application's registry settings, and programs should store less in the registry (e.g., window positions mean nothing if I run the same application on a remote X server).
3684: Make Gnome shell less like Unity
Fork off Gnome 2.0
3685: More options, Less requirement for mouse, Move notification icons back up to top next to the other icons
3686: 1. The new alt-tab is terrible. If an app has 2 windows open, it needs not just an alt-tab but also an arrow as well. Poor.
2. The power management app in 3.2 is better. In 3.0 it was non-existent.
3. The notifications needs major work. In fact, the entire bar lost all of the useful applets I used to use. It makes me hate you.
I'm ok with major design changes. And I can appreciate all the new workflows and blah blah blah. Listen.. you will continue to keep losing users if you don't provide them 100% of the old functionality. Stop shipping new things that don't service the needs of the old users. Chances are they picked GNOME because it had great functionality. Now our only option for a dock with usable applets and a networking dialog is XFCE. Terrible.
3687: Just listen to the users! That's the whole point of a user interface. To be used, by users. :D I love you guys no matter what though.
3688: classic gnome for Ubuntu don't force unity on us. I like a machine I can get work done on.
always keep a classic desktop for ubuntu stability is nice!
3689: Go back to gnome 2
Go back to gnome 2
3690: Integrate more options into the settings.
Your designs are visionary, don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
3691: Move the 'create new folder' options on the right-click away from where the cursor hovers over a new menu so that you can't accidentally create new folders with a false right click.
Remove the delete key shortcut by default so that you can't accidentally move a file to the trash if you're typing and for some reason the window loses focus to the desktop or to a nautilus window (maybe replace with shift delete)
Better integration of mouse themes from GNOME to kde/qt apps without having to hack x11 default cursor settings
Experimentation for the sake of art has no place in engineering projects that many people depend on. This is what forks are for.
3692: I haven't tried Gnome 3 or unity. I'm leaning towards gnome 3 and will try it out of curiosity. Idoubt i'll stick with it though. I'm very curious to see how more than one monitor works with gnome 3
3693: 1) When maximizing a window, avoid expanding it "under" windows that're set to always on top. That way things like IM app windows on a second head can remain in place but it's easy to maximise documentation windows, browser windows etc w/o having them interfere with each other.
2) Drag maximized window between heads and have it resize its self on the second head. Currently have to un-maximize, drag, re-maximize.
3) Tweak the hot-corner mode to work better on setups where the primary display is on the right hand side. Right now, switching apps is a bit of a pain because it requires accurate mousing to avoid having the cursor go off the app list column and onto the left-hand screen. Being able to swap sides so the app-list column was on the bottom (as a bar) or right hand side would help.
3.1) Fix java app display! "java-lang-Thread" isn't the most helpful appname to show.
Please recognise that users are not a single uniform pool; different people have different needs, different tasks, and are willing to invest different amounts of time/effort in making their system work best for them.
Granny who wants it to "just work" and will never use a keyboard shortcut is a great user to target - but sometimes that users's needs will conflict with the needs of a power-user who spends 10h/day coding at the machine and can spend time learning/optimising it to their workflow. No one system will work perfectly for both without some ability to customise its behaviour.
3694: Stop trying to force us to use our computer the way you think we should be using it. If I want to press delete to erase a file, why souldn't I be able to?
3695: Multi-monitor support - different workspaces on different monitors
Allow minimizing windows by default, maybe show their icons in the unused left half of the notification bar
Add a UI for scheduling disk transfers (i.e. transfers to the same block device can be executed sequentially)
Keep it up. Don't let the haters distract you. You've got a good thing going, it just needs some optimization.
3696: 1. I would like for an easier way to switch between windows on the same workspace without using Alt+Tab or Activities (super key) view.
2. I would like to seen the fall-back mode receive more attention. I would like to make the panels thinner (smaller than 26 pixels) to save some screen real estate. Having to hold Alt to make changes is also kind of awkward.
3. I would like the option to disable the auto-activation of the Activities (super key) view when the mouse enters the corner. It gets triggered on accident fairly often.
I think the gnome-tweak-tool should be installed by default. Users of Gnome 2 were use to having a way to change themes and fonts available by default, and are often directed to acquire this tool.
I find myself really enjoying Gnome 3.2 overall. It looks great and runs light. With a few changes I think it will become an amazing desktop environment.
3697: Don't change gnome. Ubuntu going to unity is a HORRIBLE mistake, and I HATE it.
This might not all (perhaps none of it) actually be gnome. Support has to be greatly enhanced. Finding software is extremely difficult, even with Synaptic Package Manager. Updating OS & software is extremely difficult. VERY BADLY need virus checker and MUCH BETTER root kit detector software.
3698: REMOVE UNITY
Seriously, Unity is horrible for laptop/desktop users
3699: 1. Bring back Compiz functionality. I don't care about desktop cubes or windows that explode into flames, but trail-focus and keyboard shortcuts for -anything- really help me work.
2. Make the Shell optional. I love that GNOME is pushing a new way to interact with my computer, but after ~20 years of working the "Windows 3.1" way, I'm quite effective in the old way.
3. Make everything configurable. My memory of GNOME 1.x is a place I could get lost for weeks trying to figure out how to get the most out of the environment. GNOME 3 seems to be more a "take it or leave it" proposition.
I've used GNOME as my primary desktop for a long time - 10 years at least. In that time there seems to have been a regular pendulum swinging between "make it configurable" and "make it easy to use". See the shift from sawfish -> metacity -> compiz -> GNOME 3 for example. Right now GNOME seems to be in a "make it easy to use" phase which for me means "we've removed stuff you used to use".
I just ask that you let the pendulum continue swinging so that I can once again setup the desktop workflow I've trained myself in.
3700: Keep the maximize/minimize buttons
Keep icons on the desktop
The system settings tools have become limited and unusable
Dump whatever assumptions you were operating under for developing GNOME 3, and keep in mind what actually works for people in developing a desktop system.