What People Are Saying About GNOME [Part 6]

5101: I'm currently experimenting with LXDE (Linux Mint) and may not continue using GNOME. My reasoning is this: I have a low-powered machine on which I first installed Ubuntu 11.04 with the "Classic" GNOME 2 desktop. I can run Unity but found that it's responsiveness was horrendous! LXDE is much better in terms of responsiveness but is far less complete than GNOME (I'm also vision impaired and found it much worse than GNOME in terms of setting up consistent very large fonts, etc.).

What I'm trying to say is that:
1. The UI absolutely MUST be responsive! Especially for simple things like switching between apps and bringing up menus. (I haven't tried GNOME Shell for a while but no that it had problems with this in the early stages.)
2. Ability to tweak the fonts and dpi settings easily is important to those of us that have poor vision; it seems GNOME's current trend is to dumb a lot of this down and hide it away.

5102: Even more integration with applications.
Better handling of OpenGl applications.
Removing the menu bars of applications.

I really like the new direction, keep up the great work

5103: 1.Make the dash really usefull ie search trough files, zeitgeist integration, etcs For now,unity's dash is better in term of functionnality (but not in term of usability and design
2.Add better fullscreen managment ( now, title bars are just useless in fullscreen) and mix fullscreen functionality with the dynamic workspaces like in osx lion. The concept of dynamic workspace is realy good. Just push it further.
http://live.gnome.org/Design/Proposals/WindowStates
3.AN easy way to switch workspaces without entering activities (like in the extension wher you can just scroll while in the top bar. Such basic things should be part of the shell, not extensions.

First the critics, then, after, the good things. ;)
Please stop thinking people are retards. Stop adding stupid functionality (like alt for shutdown... seriously....).
Be clearer for your long terms goals ( ie. What is this mess with zeitgeist... One day it's meant to be part of the dash for 3.2, an other day someone say's the whole "finding and renaming" things was going the wrong way and is part of the "applications"... uuhh, the application for zeitgeist is the activity journal, isn't it? What everybody want to see is a clever integration with the shell. Half of what was planned in term of usability for 3.2 as just disapeared in limbo... It's would be not so much a problem if we could just know what as append, and if it's then meant for 3.4 or not. Please communicate.

The gnome shell concept is good just make it more usefull. Right now, the shell functionalities are basicaly a cheap applications and file search. Unity does far better. Workspaces are nice, full of potential, but are lacking of easy way to manage them, and don't inegrate with fullscreen app like in osx lion.

You want to reinvent the way of using a desktop, I'am fine with that, just do it more deeply and better.

Having say that, you have already done an impressive work. Congratulation for that! Thanks for your hard work. 3.2 is already far better than 3.0. I'am looking forward to see 3.4 improvments.

5104: Allow background app notifications to be visible at all times, not requiring a click on the "Activities" button just to get a status.

A return to the single click for maximizing a minimized application. The need to click on the "Activities" button adds an unnecessary step.

Allow the launch bar to appear/disappear by placing mouse against the screen edge. Again, having the click "Activities" adds an unnecessary step.

I'm professional interface designer at Different Solutions in Australia and as such I would say that returning the "tried and true" desktop metaphors people expect to Gnome 3 would be a good idea. I can see that many of the changes were designed to accommodate the needs of tablet users, but these users are still a tiny minority. Perhaps Gnome 3.5 should focus on having a desktop/laptop mode that is closer to classic Gnome, and a separate tablet mode that sports the newer metaphors?

The use of a drawer to present applications similar to Android is a good idea, but it requires better default sorting. Again, it will work great on a tablet, but for mouse users it is a bit tedious.

I also think the system settings have become slightly oversimplified and could use a more detailed "advanced mode". Perhaps they should all be presented individually within a section of the application drawer, rather than submerged inside a single item?


All in all, I think the UI team should take a cognitive focus on how the interface presents data. Right now it takes users too many cognitions (mental steps) to get to certain types of information, or actions that should feel "fingertip quick". Some work is needed to prioritize and surface the things users need quickly and submerge those that they do not. You can't discover what they are by just surveying what is used the most often. Despite certain things being used infrequently, they can remain something people strongly feel should be instantly accessible.

I'd be happy to consult with the team for free on my own time about all of this if they are interested. I realize that no one wants another armchair quarterback around and I would strive not to be that. I simply love Gnome and would like to contribute in the best way I can.

[email protected]

5105: easier to customize, lighter resource usage, more stability

5106: 1) Go back to GNOME 2.x
2) Allow users ready access to all configurations

5107: 1. Revert to Gnome 2's desktop style.

2. Make it easier to use.

3. Make it customizable like Gnome 2.

Please don't try to phase out our beloved Gnome 2 environment or limit customizations.

5108: More keyboard shortcuts... Don't make me mouse around like I'm using some other OS. Allow the calendar on the toolbar to work with other email clients than evolution.

5109: More Config Options
More Right Click Menus
Easier desktop switching / overview

Gnome users are not simple and do not want simple.

5110: create a shell that caters to people with a desktop, in addition to the current shell, which is clearly designed for tablets and phones with small, touch screens

create a shell that caters to people with a desktop, in addition to the current shell, which is clearly designed for tablets and phones with small, touch screens, pwitty pwease.

5111: gnome 3 is the end of gnome for me - will be moving to xfce when gnome 2 is not available

5112: make the 3d work in virtual box and vmware. Degraded gnome in vm sucks.

Make it run in virtual box and vmware.

5113: make it easier to use.better configuration abilities.scrap the new theme.

quit trying to be apple and fix that f******* buggy crap

5114: Mostly, from when I used the initial GNOME 3 port, my biggest gripe was that Gnome did not let me mess with anything.
1. Return the Right click power.
2. Allow Desktop Icons
3. Let me mess with everything I want to (mostly adding new panels and multi-monitor support)

Keep it simple, but allow everyone to change whatever they want. If I want to add a panel, let me. If I want to use a different menu style, let me. ALso, give a different option for the item menus. Something simple, like incorporating the MintMenu as an option, or something similar would be amazing. Just little things.

5115: Bring back:

1. always visible minimized applications (alt-tab is not acceptable)
2. customization of panels
3. usable menu

When ubuntu 10.04 reaches EOL, will probably have to switch to xfce unless Gnome shell becomes more usable for my needs.

5116: *add a KDE type menu or some sort of category for opening applications
* add a taskbar / window list that is prominent, however the design

5117: 1. In 3.0 still haven't figured out how to activate a terminal window by just moving the pointer to it. I need to click in the window to activate it. In 2.8 there was a configuration option to customize window behavior.
2. Bring the minimize buttons back.

I'm new to 3.0 but it feels like a step back. Everything seems to be a mouse click further away than it used to in 2.8. For example, bringing up a new terminal window. I used to have a shortcut in my tool bar but now it takes several clicks to open a new terminal window.

5118: Continue with improving the state of the Linux desktop. I just wished there was no regression from 2.x to 3.x

5119: 1. stabilize evolution
2. performance improvement
3. better plug-in-play

Keep up the good work !

5120: The sanctimonious and dictatorial nature of the development team.
I'd like to be able to work the way I want to without some third party insisting they know what I want more than I do.
I'd like to be able to tweak configurations without being forced to jump through hoops.

Listen to your user base more.

5121: More options to customise, allow to be used like a regular desktop like xfce
use xscreensaver
adhere to the unix philosophy (modularity)!!!

Gnome 3 is a trainwreck, you all have your heads up your asses. If you want a minimal desktop, at least try to make it lightweight as well.

5122: GNOME3:

Bugs I don't care about as they will be sorted eventually.
It's the philosophy/functionality of it that is broken.

As an advanced user I will never use a DE that behaves like GNOME3,
it requires too many steps, it gets in the way.

I answered above question the way I did because I mostly use GNOME2.XX,
but if I would have refered to GNOME3, the answer to 3,4,5,8 & 9
would be "Not at All".

Ideas on improving walking:

Humans have walked for the longest time using the sequence: left foot, right foot. ( probably because they don't know better )

How can we improve this?
invent better shoes? ... no, that's not our style.
How about we use the sequence: left foot, right hand, 360 degree spin. That's new & radical, and everybody who's not "afraid of change" will love it.

5123: Stop removing configuration options from the GUIs.

5124: More graphical options, under an "Advanced" button.

5125: 1) More awesome file-management. Sweet integration of the tracker indexer? More magical "recently used" (I find the results often aren't terribly useful)? Access to recently or *often* used files from the Activities thing?

2) I'd really like the windows-overview screen to have larger thumbnails (it is often difficult to find the one I want). Secondly, it might be cool if they better reflected relative size and placement of the windows. It's easy to get lost otherwise!

3) In *my* dream world, we'd be using Python instead of ECMA/javascript/whateveritis.

5126: Get rid of dconf and put configs in flat text files, or yaml, or json
Put all of the options back into settings, merge gnome-tweak-tool
Tweak and improve the bottom-bar chat a little bit

I am overall happy with the direction of gnome-shell. I'm disappointed in Ubuntu's rejection of it, since I feel they have less of a direction forward. And I am very very pleased with the use of js as the extension language, and am very interested in exploring the js console in the future.

Thanks for all of your work over the years!

5127: Make minimal an option.

5128: Allow access to applications and user management from the bottom of the screen and not just the top, including the clock and the system tray. This allows me to not tilt my head up when using a 50" screen.

I'd like GNOME 3 to look as close to Windows 7. Anything that is not transparent just does not suit me. I really love Aero Glass in Windows 7

I'd like to have the ability to do insertion point tracking when zoomed in and be able to communicate with Orca screen reader. Recent versions of KDE has a feature that allows me to keep the screen centered in the mouse unless the zoomed area hits the edges of the screen.

It would certainly be useful if any GNOME team has a 40" or 50"+ TV. Sure, 50" or higher is certainly odd, but I use it as a television and a PC monitor to do work in my computer and watch TV and movies. In that case, I use XFCE, but I do love the way that I can access applications in GNOME 3 and Unity. If XFCE were not available,

I would probably fall back to GNOME 2, which means sticking with Ubuntu 11.04 with Classic Ubuntu. Customization is the #1 very important feature for me and from where it stands with the latest versions of Ubuntu 11.10, KDE and XFCE offers a lot more customizations for me compared to what I'm getting with GNOME 3/Unity. I am almost satisfied with GNOME 2 and its ease of use, but for me it is time for me to move on to another desktop environment with something that allows me to customize what I want and don't need, such as not needing a system tray.

5129: Move back to the scope of functions GNOME 2 had
(Re-)enable users to configure the Desktop (Linux users ain't Mac users)
Make work spaces more accessible (opening the overview pane takes too long, requires unnecessary long mouse movement; while switching through key shortcuts is fast though, but requires the user to exactly know what programs run in each work space).

Please listen to the developer community AND the the user community. Don't patronize the user in terms of how he/she should use the desktop. Most people using Linux desktops (as opposed to Windows or OSX) do so because they want freedom and choice. GNOME developers are deceiving themselves by removing most options to customize the desktop (without deep or hard coding changes to GNOME). The fact that users are not substantially changing the design of Gnome since V3 anymore is not because it is the perfect UI, but simply because they can't.
In principle I like the workspace concept. But currently neither Gnomeshell nor Unity fits my needs the way GNOME 2 and KDE did. I ceased using KDE due to the vast performance and stability issues since KDE 4. If KDE eventually fixes these issues while major GNOME based shells (Gnomeshell, Unity) stay where they are; I would probably start preferring KDE again. Though I do not exactly like the standard layout of KDE4, the point is that I can change it and fit it to my needs (unlike Gnome Shell)

5130: 1. Focus on improving stability across the whole desktop. Too many GNOME-3 applications (including core ones) assert, segfault, freeze, or suffer from annoying rendering glitches during everyday use.
2. Better quality font rendering in clutter.
3. Show the "Power Off" menu item by default!!!

Please make the distro packagers' lives easier. If your package foo-3.2.0 has a new dependency that wasn't needed in foo-3.1.91, please mention it in NEWS (or even better, in README). If your package requires yet another obscure daemon that systemd developers unleashed on the unsuspecting world last week, please document that fact somewhere other than in your C code. Try building your package with a non-default set of configure options once in a while, just to check that they work and do what you think they do. And don't force maintainer CFLAGS like -Werror and -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED on everyone trying to build from your tarball.

5131: Why is system tools listed under applications, when it should be under the system menu? Can't think of 2 others right now.

Offer 2 interface options, one for touch screens and one for desktops. I want a normal menu interface on my desktop and a touch interface on my tablet!

5132: Move the messaging tray hover area somewhere else (upper right corner)

Re-enable basic options that were removed due to misguided energy savings concerns (no option to easily shut down computer, no option never to turn screen off).

Application icons in the window picker

See 22.

5133: Make Gnome 3 Fallback mode the default, abandon Gnome Shell. Fallback mode is not quite as good as Gnome 2, but it's usable.
Either provide a working "Up" button for Nautilus, or use the Windows 7 method of breadcrumbs.
move Nautilus' back and forward buttons back to the left, or provide a method for customising their location. When using list mode, it results in a lot of moving the mouse back and forth.

5134: drop the requirement to have hands on keyboard and mouse... casual content consumption is a pain in the ass having to cross the screen twice to grab a different window.
drop the requirement to have 3d acceleration. It's bullshit that I have to have the new shell for local use, but over remote login (nx anyone), fall back to 'fallback mode'
native support for themes... really? add ons or modify system files by hand? seems like someone wanted it out the door rather than finished. Not everyone likes, or can even stand the default theme.

Nicely done, but really, stop forcing your choices on me. If i want the dock to stay on the desktop, should be an option, if i want a dark theme instead of light, my choice, if I'd like to actually use my screen for computing, rather than displaying 1 inch windows title bars... i should be able to.

5135: a) Better the configurability. Make it configurable, but not the Windows way. The KDE way at least.
b) Give the users complete freedom over their application choices, and generally all their choices on what they want/need from their DE.
c) Stop forcing with dependencies their soft (e.g. Evolution) (some of this can also be applied to the KDE guys). It's a hell.
d) Clon Yakuake, or port it to GTK. Life is impossible without Yakuake.

Unity can be FAR improved (what actually means that as of today...)
Give easy choice to the users to customize their desktop environment the_way_they_want.
Stop treating users like Window$ users. GNOME is NOT supposed to be Window$, and anyone trying to shift to GNOME knows this, and often does it because precisely of that: even when they have no expertise at all. This we all have proof of, because we all have friends & family.
Stop Mono and all that Mic*osoft crap. I do not mean you do not do it, but like Gambas: do it but not make it a DE dependency. I do NOT need NOR want to depend upon Mono, Evolution, or whatever else smell alike.

5136: Go on, it's great stuff!

5137: Stop behaving that u know everything about user needs

5138: Better control panel ( more options )

Good Job !

5139: Improve the "control panel" of Gnome3 so that it compares to Gnome 2.6x in terms of completeness (I guess this is on the way)

My comment: Gnome3 is really shaping up to be awesome. I love the way it uses less resources than Unity on my Atom N270-powered netbook. Screen layout is very useable on small screens / low resolution settings.

5140: Go back Gnome 2.X

5141: 1. more drag & drop
2. i don't know
3. i don't know

5142: Rollback to 2.x and start from there. 3.x is pure junk (forced myself to run it for 2 months so I can say with pure conscience that 3.x is very bad).

- Start over from 2.x
- Get your heads out of your behinds: 3.x is a failure and no amount of PR is going to change that.
- Wait! Don't bother! I switched to XFCE.

5143: Speed of gnome.

Ive tried a few other window managers, I keep coming back to gnome.

Great job.

5144: - Default sizes and paddings make windows look clunky.

5145: -> Make gnome window snapping work in corners
-> Make "search" in activities search for recent folders (not only files)
-> Make application "search" in activities sort applications by recent use, like gnome-do did

5146: Drop the shell
or
Cater better for multiple screens

5147: better notification possibilities on the top bar
left bar - possibility to change size manualy

Stay sharp! You are on the good way!!

5148: Improve workspace control in Gnome 3, I typically have 10 active workspaces with multiple windows on each.

5149: 1 Better stability
2 More transparent configuration options
3 Better stability

5150: In GNOME 3 I would love:
1) to have an option to show automatically Dash and Workspace Switcher, especially the latter, because I noticed that since GNOME 3 using workspaces results more intricate (I feel like there is more movements to do, so I ended up not using workspaces a lot)... Maybe letting the user just drag a window to the right side of the desktop to show the Workspace Switcher wouldn't be a bad idea, but I have to admit that maybe other users find the "snap" feature more useful (I use to snap to the top, mostly),
2) to get a faster, and I mean *a lot* faster, Evolution. It's not just e-mail rendering, WebKit integration and so on. Evolution seems painfully slow on a fast machine (Core 2 Duo, 2.6 GHz, 4 GB), moving e-mails between folders, deleting e-mails, wich are the most basic operations I do every day are simply too slow. I can make a comparison with Windows Live Mail 2009 on Windows 7 (I use it at my work office), wich is generally 10 times faster than Evolution. I would expect more developers working on such a critical application. It's my main source of frustration with GNOME.
3) I would enable by default the "file manager can handle the desktop" (sort of) option, wich I always enable with gnome-tweak-tool: having files on the desktop folder is a just too practical thing to be abandoned (the sam apply for storage devices icons accesibility too).

1) Try to build a faster Evolution
2) Don't concentrate too much development efforts on new projects while you can't provide a faster Evolution
3) Try to make the use of workspaces a more fluid experience
4) Maybe would be a good idea to improve the user experience by going trough a UI review to streamline the look-and-feel o the most prominent aplications (I'm thinking about: Nautilus, EOG, Evolution, Rhythmbox, Totem, Gedit and so on)
5) I know you can't do much about this: but GTK+ 2 applications looks quite "out of context" with the clearlooks themed widgets

5151: Go back to classic layout.

5152: 1. Elevate accessibility. Do not release versions where orca is not fully implemented.
2. Expand media and media center capabilities, similar to Mint.
3. Make Nautilus more responsive with orca.

I am uncertain about the directions with the gnome shell, Unity, and gnome 3. Accessibility of all is currently incomplete! Worse, I do not feel there is anyone certain of the direction they are taking. Who is driving this speeding bus?

5153: Slow, stable releases are better than fast, unstable and half-way thought. Gnome has been/is good environment for general computer users, because complexity has been hidden and it should be stay that way. At the same time the UI shouldn't be "dumbed down" because of tablets like PC-games have been dumbed down on behalf og console players.

Keep up the good work.

5154: I will never upgrade to GNOME 3. It is completely the opposite of what I want from a desktop environment. I will continue using GNOME 2 for as long as I can bear and then switch to Xfce.

5155: 1. Put stability first. Not all are in it for the bling - make some of the new and adventurous features something that can be activated or deactivated with ease, with a base system that is stable.
2. Get inspiration from the Elementary project. I use some of their features (as simple as the modified breadcrumbs in Nautilus) and would not like to work without them anymore.
3. Resolve the issues with partners (e.g. Ubuntu) and please put the energy in one instead of competing projects. It does not seem to make sense to me as an enduser.

The critique: I have not updated beyond Ubuntu 10.10 as the usability and user experience of GNOME 3 and/or Untity/Shell does not promise improvement (yet) over gnome 2 for someone relying on the OS+WM to get work done.
The latest versions look visually appealing and harbor interesting UI ideas and tools. However, its not there yet and I have not grown an intuition for using it either. Between Unity/Shell and other WM and OSs as options some may choose to leave - I will choose on that a year from now and lean towards robust alternatives (e.g., OS X).


The applause: Gnome (with Ubuntu) has essentially taken over my work/freetime PC use for 98% of the time. I do see the Gnome team works very hard to move things to the next level. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into developments!

5156: a bit lighter, like e17.

keep up the good work!

5157: Bring back the dropdown menus from Gnome 2
Bring back the dropdown menus from Gnome 2
Bring back the dropdown menus from Gnome 2

Bring back the dropdown menus from Gnome 2

5158: I have more than three things I'd change in "3"

Gnome 3 is painful

5159: 1. Implement many of the now lost options available in GNOME 2.x and allow to easily change the behaviour of the GNOME Shell (like the "no shutdown, only suspend" policy, my laptop uses such recent hardware, that it's a wonder I got it to run like it does now, but when waking from suspense all hell breaks loose)
2. Partly related to 1. Allow Gnome 2.x-style fallback for people who already have streamlined workflows and the shell gets in their way (not everybody has the time like me to try and get used to the new user-paradigm with months of trying on end.
3. Allow other programs then evolution to supply the calendar. (don't know if that is possible)

You all mean well, you are intelligent and foresightful, but you are repeating your errors from the early GNOME 2.x days (I left with GNOME 2.6 abnd rejoined with GNOME 2.16): You make somthing nice and new put rip the established options out, because they are "too complicated". To leave the optiones is not complicated for newbies (I got my mother and my cousin working with GNOME and they have no problem just ignoring options they don't understand, but are frustrated, like me, when they do not find the option. Unlike me, they won't find the answers online and sure as hell can't work with gconf directly).

Maybe it would also be a good idea to add the gnome-shell-extensions by default (so theme choosing and modifiying your shell so it does things your way get easier).

5160: Just allow for things to be configured, e.g. top panel details, number of desktops, etc.

The notion that the interface must be clean & simple should not be interpreted as "remove all configuration options!"

To make the advanced user community run through hoops of mindless scripting to change window title heights is just unbelievably stupid.

5161: Ditch Gnome 3 and stick with Gnome 2.

Make Gnome 2 faster.

Fix all the video driver bugs, I'm tired of screen redraw issues.

If I wanted a Mac or Windows box I'd buy one so stop mimicking every dumb decision they make.

I used Windows 3.1, it made me angry.
I used Windows 95, it made me angry.
I used Gnome 1, it made me happy.
I used Windows XP, it made me angry.
I used Gnome 2, it made me happy.
I used OSX, it made me very angry.
I used Gnome 2 again, it made me happy.

Now I'm being forced into Gnome 3 or Unity, both of which seem to be tablet focused interfaces with a bad case of OSX envy. Nothing yet has made me as angry as trying to use them.

Please please please don't make waste a bunch of time finding a new window manager when Gnome 2 is just so good compared with everything else.

5162: I love Gnome 2, I do not like the new Gnome 3. I will probably be moving to XFCE once Gnome 2 is no longer supported.

5163: - better GNOME shell extension documentation
- LookingGlass (lg) as a window application

5164: Two words: power button.

(Second priority is merging foreign stuff in the control center panel)

5165: LIGHTER WEIGHT!

Better monitor setup management!

Fix the monitor setup; it defaults to 1024x768 for VGA connections and doesn't give a larger option in the drop-down; you have to go add it via the terminal.

5166: don't know

Make Gnome3 work with compiz (cube, wobbly windows etc). I think Compiz made a lot of (windows) users switch to Linux and the lack of Compiz is what makes me not switch to Gnome3

5167: rethink gnome shell

configurability is important

5168: Better Multitasking
More configurations, better tools
Less clicking and less traveling of mouse

5169: good job

5170: More tools, options and control for GNOME-Shell and GDM login screen.
Better performance for both GNOME 2 and GNOME 3.

Please make GNOME-Shell session more likely to work. It often breaks my Mint, Ubuntu, Arch and any other system except Fedora.

5171: Automatic Tiling Window management
Plain text config instead of gconf
less eye candy

5172: Keep up the good work!

5173: make it more productivity ready, quicker to switch between apps with keybindings, etc...

thanks for your work on gnome, just listen a bit more to what your users are saying :)

5174: Don't put the window close/minimise buttons on the left hand side. (Or is that just Ubuntu?)

5175: (1) Different desktop files and background on each virtual desktop

5176: - full-featured 2-panel version not just fall back option
- full access to configuration of user interface, themes, etc. through GUI

When I noticed what Gnome was up to with Gnome-Shell and Canonical with unity I went for Xfce straight. My PC is a tool for work, not a nursery school. Drop that silly big icons - looks like a kindergarden to me. If I wanted an Apple interface I'd head for an i-whatever...

Don't you read postings in Linux forums? Are you not aware of the problems users still encounter with poor graphics drivers, poor 3D-support under Linux? And you come up with a Desktop that depends on 3D?!

Window management is a nightmare. I can't see my open applications with a short glance anymore 'cause it lacks a task bar.

Took me ages to find the shut down option. I had to resort to user forums to find out that I have to press 'Alt' for it to appear. Ease of use? - Definitly not!

You obviously spent much time to come up with the shell and its animations just to mess it up with a Win3.11 style window theme and icons? Ridiculous. I'd love to have back the easy installation of different themes and icons by default. And no - I don't want to have to install a tweak tool to change systems settings. Neither do I want to edit config files.

I loved Gnome 2 for its ease of use, its simple elegance and its stability. I am off to Xfce now.

5177: Most of the things I want changed are Unity bugs rather than Gnome itself.

1. Fix bugs
2. Fix bugs
3. Fix bugs

Keep up the good work.

5178: - get GNOME3 working with Catalyst
- give back "power off / shutdown" button into the user menu
- make the title bars thinner (save more space in general)

- get GNOME3 working with Catalyst
- give back "power off / shutdown" button into the user menu
- make the title bars thinner (save more space in general)

5179: Add some more customize possibilities like changing panel color and transparency
Possibilities to add lauchers and widgets on the desktop
Possibilities to switch to classic GNOME Panel (Panel mode like it was in gnome 2.x)

5180: Revert to 2.x

Gnome 2.32 provides the perfect, functional desktop. Why ditch it for something completely useless? When Gnome 3.x finally becomes usefull, it will be changed again, I am sure.
No need to fix what is not broken.

5181: 1. Drop 3 go back to 2
2. Add more configuration please!!!
3. Consult users not so called "usability experts"

My entire extended family refuse to use GNOME 3. It's just too crippled. Even for a 4 year old. Spent a lot of time re-installing Fedora 14 on everyone's machines.

5182: Dump Gnome3
Dump Gnome3
Dump Gnome3

Comment: Dump Gnome3. I hate it with a passion and have moved all my computers to xfce since you started dismantling Gnome2 earlier this year. As long as Gnome3 is around I will stay with xfce. I had used Gnome since first moving to Linux in 2003. It was my desktop of choice. No more. It's now an usuable mess.

Suggestion: Dump Gnome3

5183: 1. Keep GNOME2 going as a fork until GNOME 3 becomes usable
2. Add the major tweaks to GNOME 3 (diable lid sleep, panel customisation, etc)

5184: Better focus stealing prevention

I will probably have, after more time with 3.x

5185: 1. Workspace disappearing when the last window in it is closed: that ruins my day every time it happens
2. Better Alt-F2 run dialog offering command name completion
3. More "spatiality" to workspaces (allow a grid)

5186: Gnome 2.X is rock solid but the new Gnome 3 is useless for serious work.

Keep on development along the Gnome 2.X flavor, Gnome 3 may be useful for some users, but for serious stuff Gnome 2.X is more suitable.

Unity like experiments ( Gnome 3.0 ) are a step back from usuability, where Gnome 2.X meant "You can configure it"/"There is a way to do it" Gnome 3.0 means "This is the only way to do it, take it or leave it", and so far now I am using KDE, I left.

5187: restore panel applet and customization!

5188: Give me my minimize button back!

Make toolbar size configurable, it's huge at the moment. Iconts are huge right now too.

Make gradients more subtle.

5189: Remove the ALT key for reboot.
Change de Application "menu" thig in overlay.
Improve the fallback mode to the level of gnome 2

5190: Less effects, more power. Add better file manager. Improve the run dialog (KDE has great one).

5191: Do not enforce beginner friendly features for everyone.

5192: 1) The ridiculous lack of a "power off" button by default.
2) The difficulty of building from source (jhbuild is almost always broken for me)
3) The use of Javascript (for gnome-shell)

I love gnome 3, and feel bad for the hammering you folks get from people's knee-jerk reactions.

5193: 1) Gnome 3++ -> make it more customizable, let me allow size of the fonts (not small, normal, etc), allow for static number of desktops along with static key shortcuts to switch between them

5194: go back to gnome 2.3 and the ability to much more easily change things and find things. ie. right click on panel to change size and remove / move items.

no dumbing down without making sure that past quick and simple methods that work are still available for users to choose if they wish.

5195: return to version 2
return to version 2
return to version 2

listen to your users or you'll lose them

5196: User friendly config tool...
That's all !

Keep on the good work !

5197: 1. more options for environment configuration Gnome 3
2. plugins for upper panel

5198: Add an "advanced" mode for settings, where I'd make visible many of the stuff that's hidden and has to be tweaked by means of gconf-editor. That way a "for-dummies" version could continue to exist, since that's the way Gnome seems to be headed more and more, but it could also cater for the not-so-ignorant users that prefer to have a couple of options more available and would like to be able to access them via a friendly interface instead of having to use a windows registry-like tool.

Stop dumbifying things down so much to the point where normal (as in "not brain-dead) people won't feel the control is being taken away from them.

5199: Not really changing, but there are plenty of fixes to do.

- Mostly I complain about the audio not working properly (pulseaudio fault).
- If I need a on-screen keyboard (o-s-k) is working properly. But the screensaver does not have the o-s-k, so if I lock the screen I would't be able to insert the paswword...
- The keyring is bad right now (probably just my problem). Did not remember any password.
- Mess with gnome-online-account and various evolution/empathy, need to be well defined, If I have an account gmail in empathy don't want the same account from gnome-online-account...
- Just my thing... synctex plugin for gedit is broken, change the libpees API, but the gedit synctex plugin were not updated (even if the main package have increase release number gedit-plugins-3.2...)

5200: Sack the Gnome 3 and continue development of Gnome 2. I am stuck at old distro version (Fedora 14) because of the sucky Gnome 3.

Dump that lazy ass Gnome 3 DE.