What People Are Saying About GNOME [Part 6]

5501: More educational programs, KDE is way ahead there.
Like language training, geography training, (light weight) star charts and so on.

Better documentation on the web page. I always find myself searching for ages when there is something I don't understand about configuring GNOME (very seldom, though). It is very important to have the link for the documentation somewhere where everybody can see it quickly. You shouldn't have to scroll down to the little text at the bottom of a page for that.

I cannot come up with a third thing, so I repeat: Documentation! Please make sure there is easy access to different levels of user/administration documentation. From a beginner's guide all the way to which files you have to edit in order to tweak gnome the way you want it. I and many others, don't like to install an application just to change the look and feel of something when it should really be as easy to edit a file in a text editor OR that it should really already be in the settings menu.
I guess most Linux-users don't like when things get locked away from them. Configurability is one of the things Linux is all about.

Good work!
Although I still use GNOME 2.x, I have a live CD with Fedora 15 GNOME 3 that I boot every now and then, just to play around.
I must say I like the new GNOME as well, even if I wait a little while for it to mature a bit.
Hard to say anything since I haven't been using it for everyday tasks and production yet, but I think it seems very straightforward and logical.
As for GNOME 2.x I really love it, and sure will miss it for a while when I make the switch, but that's life. I guess I love it, since I'm used to it, but I will get used to GNOME 3 as well, i guess.

5502: Better desktop eye candy
Integration of any mail program into taskbar

5503: Better multi-monitor support. Things get weird when I use more than 1 monitor. Better support for AMDs Eye-Finity would be one of my hopeful improvements.

Keep it up! I keep moving people to Linux and Gnome on a fairly regular basis. Gnome contributes to that...

Haven't had opportunity to test it extensively yet, but I would like to say that touch screen capabilities would be an important area to keep making improvements. Last time I used a touch screen in Linux with a Gnome DT, the results were less than expectations.

5504: * create a decent MUA/calendar/contacts software
* make itmore stable (gnome-panel crashes or rearranges your icons all the time)
* get rid of the "we know what's good for you" attitude of the developers

stop patronizing your users

5505: I would like to see a greater acceptance and implementation of plugins/extensions. Not just in the shell, but in all gnome applications. They are valuable for both customization and experimentation. A means of following the popularity of extensions would be invaluable in indicating deficiencies in the environment.

I would like to see greater integration of zeitgeist.

I would like to have a greater range of configuration available via gsettings. I understand and accept the wisdom of limiting visible options but, for fringe cases, greater configuration is often necessary.

For many years, I felt that the greatest deficit in the gnome project was a lack of vision and direction. I believe that gnome 3 is a clear indication of both.

5506: Add ability for keyboard shortcuts to resize and move windows (http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#MoveToEdge)

Add support for key chains (http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings#Key_chains)

Remove all traces of nautilus

5507: 1) Include gnome-shell-extensions in the main repo.
2) Make gnome-shell-extensions more visible & available.
3) Incorporate the most common extensions as Shell Options.
4) Offer an easier Novice method at install time to disable SElinux.

It has only been with the aid of the Shell-Extensions that I have accustomed myself and swayed others to migrate to Gnome Shell 3.

I believe Gnome3 has the distinct advantage of improved stability and UI speed over Ubuntu's Unity, as well as, a Fall Back mode for Gnome Classic users.

To date, using FC15 and FC16 beta nightly, SElinux has been the most problematic.

5508: * Want my options back
* Compiz effects
* Memory consumption closer to Gnome 2
* More appealing appearance
* Titlebar that doesn't fill half the screen (in the default theme)
* Don't want to have to install a whole bunch of extensions to get the desktop the way I want it
* Virtual workspaces/desktops / more intuitive spacial organization

5509: 1. Improve fallback mode in GNOME3 to make it closer to GNOME2
2. Improve the notification area so that the spacing between the icons are the same

5510: 1. Always visible mini-dock plugin would be standard
2. Right-left arrow keys to navigate launcher instead of up down
3. Rolling release so I'm not stuck on 3.x in Fedora 15.

I LOVE the new 3.x UI when compared to Unity. It doesn't take away the things I need (menu bars on the window), but doesn't quite get other things right like it's too hard to set start-up apps, and the lack of an easy way to see which apps are running.

5511: Make it look more professional.

Please try to make the desktop icons look like they are intended for adults, not children. Or, just don't use icons..

5512: 1. More built in customization (there are many features and extensions accessible via Gnome Tweak Tool, but these sorts of things should be integrated in a user friendly fashion)

2. Optional dock/application launcher viewable on desktop, similar to what's available in windows 7 and OSX. Have this be plugged into the favorites bar in the shell so they display the same apps. Also, a preview on hover similar to Win7 and KDE would provide great multitasking functionality

3. Allow more community feedback in terms of design process. At this point, even Windows 8 is having a more transparent design process than Gnome 3.0 did

5513: Default GTK and icon themes, full-text indexing on by default, port the entire desktop to run inside a web browser both locally and remotelly accessible.

5514: Stay simple, give me 100% control of my enviornment, make it work! Give the user the options they wish to have on their Desktop.

Not all computers are touch screens...Thanks

5515: Revert to Gnome 2.0
Have a Gnome 2.0 look and feel option for Gnome 3.0
Have some ability to emulate Gnome 3.0 menues, desktop, and configurability

I an holding on Gnome 2.0 because Gnome 3 gets in the way of me doing anything with a computer. The only advantage I can see if for tablets and phones, but I use it on Computers. When I have to upgrade my OS, and there is no way to have Gnome 2.0 as an option, I will have to find another solution, but Gnome 3 ain't it by a long shot.

5516: dump 3.x
go back to 2.x

simpler is not better, if it takes away choices. gconf-editor is NO solution!!!

5517: 1. More options, users should be able to change the things
2. Releases should be always matured

5518: better/more keyboard controls
better customizability in Gnome 3

I'm quite satisfied with Gnome 3, I think it is mostly going into the right direction. It is IMHO better than Unity. However there should be knobs and levers for the power users to tweak the system to their needs.

5519: better keyboard navigation, i can't tell where the 'focus' is sometimes in dialog boxes. it looks like i'm in a text field, but then i end up somewhere else when i try to type.

better, more integrated, support for IMEs

ability to make the hide buttons on gnome panel transparent or styled

gnome shell? really?

5520: Gnome 2x,
Gnome 2x,
Gnome 2x

5521: The way it looks - trim it down. It's all right, I'm a big boy, I'll be careful not to cut myself if I see a corner.

The amount resources it uses- Gnome based distros had XP beat in terms of RAM requirements for a while, now it seems that since no one wants XP they need to up those requirements.

Speed- I've always felt like it really dragged, even on fast computers. Why not optimize the performance instead of scrambling the looks all around?

I think that overall, Gnome has some good points- well laid out, simple, well documented, clean- but it has been quite the memory hog for some time (used to need more than XP, depending on the distro). I dislike how much time and resources are devoted to looking good instead of being good. I myself have never really been a Gnome user- and as long as you keep emphasizing form over function that's not going to change.

5522: Allowing power users continued control and configuration of their systems.
Pick a path and stick with it.
Document how things work so that power users who aren't programmers don't have to download source (I'm a sysadmin by profession, not a programmer).

It seems that every subsequent gnome release is about further 'welding on the training wheels'. I understand the need to make things approachable for starting users, but I don't want to have to dive into sudo vi when I want to change the text on my screensaver. When I press Ctrl+L in a file browser box, it used to pop up a dialog allowing me to browse to a new location - now it does it in the file box, and if I want to go to a folder with tab completion, I have to cut the filename out of the box, key in the path I want to go to, and then paste back... Oh and tab completion in file dialogs sucks - sometimes it won't even list options until you go into that folder.

Oh, and PulseAudio.. With Alsa, one has a lot more flexibility in which microphones and how you enable them and indeed when some stuff goes awry in PA, it's sometimes necessary to fire up the alsa tools to figure out what's going on "under the hood"... but in an Apple-esque fashion, everything behind the scenes has its interface changed in every release, as if the previous decisions are always bad and the goal of the team is to release a different way of doing things every time.

Microsoft has a lot of power because it's backwards compatible - the pain of moving from MS to another system can be huge just because they have so many stable APIs available, which are often supported for years.

Compiz is a pain, and it still breaks vino (VNC "remote desktop") which makes remote support of users a pain where one has to disable it. Besides, who cares if windows wobble and shimmy and spin in a cube?

I'll say this though, at least it's not Unity (uggh - I use a full blown computer, not an appliance!)

5523: Do not ignore needs of power users while making things easier for casual users.

5524: nothing - Gnome 2 is the best!

Dear GNOME team - gnome 2 is the best working experience we had, we don't want any other.

5525: minimize/maximize buttons
support for different WMs
docking area for opened apps on top of desktop

you have some nice ideas but don't copy features from other desktop environments
think about desktop users with multiple monitors
don't push early development versions as stable ones
consider thoughts of experienced, mature users
don't produce geeky software

5526: - dock similar to docky available as option on desktop
- bring back screensaver functionality (not only blank screen)
- better drivers for modern graphics cards (I know it is not gnome but without them changes in Gnome are pointless)

5527: revert to gnome 2
less clutter on the screen
make it faster

you so fucked up

5528: The gnome 3 interface and theme are spectacular! :)

5529: Standard Theme
E-Mail-Client or at least better integration with other clients
Configuration outside of the (somtimes hard to understand) gconf-editor

5530: Stop trying to look like a smart phone and go back to looking like a computer.

Please maintain GNOME 2.

5531: Gnome Shell, Evolution (can't get it to work with Gmail's IMAP) and Gnome Shell (gnome shell needs twice the work)

While many times, less is more, sometimes less is just less.
Please give some more power to the users to tweak and change Gnome to their liking.

5532: More/Better Keyboard Shortcuts

Keep up the good work

5533: Replace GNOME3 with GNOME2.

5534: - More options
- More customizations
- Keep the "less is more" philosophy but not go to the side "no choice"

5535: make customization abilities / settings better (gnome, hardware and system)

Basically I am satisfied with GNOME, but I would be happy to see more abilities to control the system settings, and to configure hardware (eg.: TV card).

Thanks for the great work that already done in GNOME projects!

5536: Tiling windows would be a huge plus.

5537: Make focus stealing disabled by default.
Solve few bugs in panel's autohide.
Gnome terminal probably needs some small improvements.

Scrap GNOME 3 completely and forever, evolve GNOME 2.x.

5538: 1. So that Gnome Shell would work with the ATI Radeon Card in my IBM T30 laptop. Not sure who is at fault here, the driver or the window manager.

2. Documentation on configuring Gnome Shell or 3

Do make the Gnome Shell and 3 desktop easily configurable as the previous versions

5539: 1. Speed!
2. Possibility to add workspace switcher, weather etc. to panel. (gnome2 style)
3. More versatile system settings (less use of terminal)

5540: 1. Port gnome 2 to gtk 3 and develop it further. Fix bugs and everyone will be happy because choice is a foundation of Linux.
2. Gnome forum is almost dead.
3. In Gnome Shell I'd like to be able to have icons and window list appleat on panel. The more options and customizations the better. Of course within the bare Gnome not including all community tricks.

Rely on community opinions not stupid pseudo-psychological ideas about user preferences about the way user works.

5541: The Log on screen, better up to date icons, better compatability.

5542: one step to menus

take a break

5543: improve fallback mode

Desktop User Guide for gno,e 3

5544: Add more preferences.

5545: Restore one click access to all windows using taskbar
Fix all bugs with nautilus and gvfs (it sometimes stops working)
Restore easy (two click) access to installed applications using Dropdown menus.

Not everyone uses GNOME on tablet devices, and people sometimes need it to be productive with more than one window open in more than two or three applications.

They should also realize that there are normal people out there that sometimes can't grasp all those (complicated) new concepts for launching applications and switching between them.

5546: There's an irritating level of arrogance among several of the senior developers. Disparaging other technologies. Turn off.

5547: 1. icon theme (make it more mature/professional-looking; I think of Faenza here)
2. customization possibilities in Gnome3
3. ???

You should have made this survey yourself!

5548: 1) drastically improve the userinterface responsiveness ... especially on older systems.

2) scrap the "activities" button overuse on systems that have a mouse attached. use the screen edges and corners to "activate" user configurable actions like
a) popping up an app dock
b) popping up a workspace shifter
c) popping up a taskbar cum notification bar or something equivalent

1) mouse based interfaces are completely different from touch interfaces.

2) fork gnome-shell into two
a) touch interface based and
b) mouse and keyboard interface based.

3) simplify even more ...

5549: Remember window size
Remember window placement

5550: give me customizeable

5551: unify contacts/mailing/calendar capabilities between desktop components.
Make all Gnome components/programs use a unified spellcheck tool

5552: 1. more customization in the GNOME shell environment, specifically with performance tailoring.
2. more maturity and cohesiveness in the GNOME shell and applications. I know this will come w/time.
3. better performance, as always

I actually love the direction of GNOME shell and happily use it in place of GNOME 2.x. Looking forward to it maturing.

5553: better config tools
make it possible to remove/add icons to the status bar (damn accessability icon)
global shortcuts for banshee

get your community sh!t straight. People aren't complaining just for fun. While it's save to ignore the "give us gnome 2 back"-idiots it's not so clever to tell everybody that we don't know what we really want...

5554: I feel like Gnome 3 was planned to anticipate how people will interact with computers in the future. I look forward to watching the DE mature.

5555: alt+tab to only switch windows inside current workspace

make proprietary driver for ATI cards work

5556: more customization options all over

5557: completely change the acitivity start menu
every application should be reachable with max two mouse clicks
bring back desktop files

sorry, i used gnome 3 for three month, cant work with that.
If you realy need a fullscreen startmenu, than make it like a smartphone app menu: group by office,internet,games,fav.apps,...
On a desktop pc a don not need giantly big app icons

5558: Improve customizability. And keep up the good work.

5559: All points below are for Gnome 3.x
1. Bring back the same customization options as is in Gnome 2.x
2. Bring back screensavers
3. Don't dumb the GUI down.

5560: less clicks to open applications

less wasted space on toolbars (they're really fat in 3)

5561: Vertical "taskbar"
Simplified theme editting
Updated "start menu" resembling whatever is being used in Linux Mint.

Thank you.

5562: Normal desktop in combination with possibility for netbook launcher.
Ubuntu 11.10 looks interesting
Skip Gnome 3

Keep the possibilities for maximum customization by the users,

5563: Roll back to configurable panels AS A DEFAULT, get rid of gnome-shell, remove the entire development team responsible for destroying the best desktop around.

Go die in a fire, I use XFCE and LXDE now. Morons.

5564: 1. Rid it of Gnome Shell
2. Bring back Gnome2 style for desktop/laptop
3. Allow users to configure much more

Please don't treat users like idiots that have only tablets or some other devices that benefit form gnome shell - I know what I want, I was able to get it with gnome 2, let me configure gnome 3 the way I want it.

5565: Less straightjacketing users, returning to text based configuration files, and making it easier to configure fonts for individual programs.

Simplicity does not mean my way or the highway. By hiding configurability beneath a veneer of default settings, newbies and configuration aficionados can both feel welcome.

5566: Please continue support for a GNOME-2 style desktop environment. I find GNOME-shell incredibly awkward.

5567: All I can say is that give me back gnome 2. I freaking hate Gnome3. I felt like I am in the waste land and how to the things that I used to know. The interface is out of whack and intuitive. I dropped Fedora and tried others and have to settle down with ubuntu gnome classic.

Do not be such a bunch of retarded UI designers. Listen to long term Gnome users.

5568: 1. Bottom notifications on top or some other place,sometimes it is interfering with my work.

2. Maybe some more customization options for gnome 3

3. Better Mutter support-development

Keep up with the good work :)

5569: In gnome 3. Additionin a really necessary config option

Same as response number 22... In my opinion is a really urgent feature that gnome team needs to implement

5570: 1. Bring back an always-present task switcher/manager similar to a mac osx-style dock or an autohidable taskbar, that is consistent in both overlay mode and regular desktop usage. One idea would be to keep the left-hand app launcher/manager present in the overview as an autohidden 'dock' of sorts when zoomed into to a workspace. The same can be said of the right-hand workspace switcher.

2. Add an 'advanced' mode in the system settings pane- it is a complete turnoff to have to dig into text configuration files to change simple things like font sizes/hinting where it was easily accessible in gnome 2. This isn't just a quibble by advanced users- a family member of mine wanted to change the font sizes to be more readable (not the ridiculously huge font setting offered by the accessibility dropdown menu) on their laptop, but gave up and wanted their system back how it was a year ago. The current non-existence of advanced gui configuration options is completely ridiculous and disregarding of not simply advanced gnome users, but also regular, day-to-day entry level desktop users.

3. A 'do-all' task manager/desktop search tool such as the extinct gnome-do/kupfer/synapse etc. could be a KILLER app for gnome if integrated into the default desktop- and if the dire situation with task management and workspace switching continues, will remedy the issue somewhat. An app like this would be intuitive for basic users and powerful enough for advanced desktop users.

You seem to continually insist that your developers know what is needed changing on the desktop best.

Listen to your userbase. Please make an effort to hear us out- most of us 'power users'- which gnome is supposedly not tailored towards any more- have family and friends using the gnome desktop too in the hope it will prove to be a more friendly and configurable system than Windows for example. Gnome 3/3.2 has completely failed in that regard, while adding nice backend technologies and a visual overhaul, you have failed to tailor to the wants and needs of your own userbase.

In the end it is the desktop users who truly 'know best'. If not completely, then at least knowledgeable in the basic interactions with the desktop that have been made so frustratingly and unnecessarily difficult with the release of Gnome 3. Please remember that.

I look forward to the continued development (hopefully in a positive direction) of the Gnome desktop. Thank you for your time (if a gnome developer ever reads this). :)

5571: 1) As much as possible, make GNOME work with a single mouse button (as little right-button and middle-button or Alt/Ctrl/etc. as possible required to do common tasks like shutdown).

2) GNOME *almost* works on a tablet interface. Make active areas wide enough to make touchscreens work reliably (or at least have that as a configuration option).

3) Lower the memory footprint as much as possible.

I strongly disagree with the negative comments around GNOME 3. I do think it is a step forward, but too often it gets in the way. Those pain points need to be identified and eliminated.

5572: Bring GNOME 2.X back.

5573: Compatibility with Compiz 3D windowing (Mint 11).

I, like many, am required to use Windows in my work environment (XP). Having Gnome 2.X configured as close as possible to XP greatly eases the transition between my Mint / Gnome computer at home & my Windows XP machine at work. I find it very confusing when I try to run alternate configurations (i.e Mac style controls) on one machine & Windows style controls on another.

5574: - Get rid of the Gnome Shell bloat. It sucks hard!
- Get rid of Mono dependency. Dozens of MBs just for Brainy and Tomboy? Are you thinking we are retarded?
- Get back old good Gnome 2!!!

GNOME Team, you now know what 'harakiri' means. Revert to Gnome 2 and stop thinking users are retarded and need your crappy Shell.
For those willing to there is already Unity, for all others thanks God there is XFCE.

5575: OPTIONS !
I WANT TO CONFIGURE MY FUCKING DESKTOP
Also want my panel (and applets back !)

STOP CREATING "BIG BUTTONS TABLET ORIENTED" UNCONFIGURABLE DESKTOP SHIT, PLEASE

5576: Ease to configure

Keep the good work!

5577: dock, menu bar and notification bar

enable a persistent dock (by configuration), or better, join the dock with the notification bar.
Provide a solution to have multiple windows( or applications) open in the same screen.

5578: I would like the ability to shut down my laptop from a logged in session. At current I have to log out then shut down (fedora 15).

I love Gnome 3. Keep up the good work :)

5579: 1. Incorporate the Superswitcher project into Gnome Shell (http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/), it provides far more information than ALT+TAB, and is just as fast.

2. Let us have add some app launcher icons to the top panel. Requiring us to press the Superkey to access commonly used icons just ads an extra step.

3. Put back the bottom panel/task bar. It takes up a minuscule amount of screen realestate and provides quick information about what windows are open on the current desktop. No ALT TABBing required to get your bearings. I have been using tint2 with Gnome Shell and find it invaluable.

More Youtube video demonstrations. Perhaps if we understood the reasoning behind some of the changes to Gnome there would not be so much bellyaching from the community. I could never figure out the advantage of not being able to have app. launch icons in the top panel, but I am more than ready to listen to the gnome devs. I'm for whatever allows me to work with more ease -- even if it's unfamiliar at first or takes some getting used to.

Embrace the shell extensions more. I found a couple of them to be essential to a good Gnome 3 experience.

5580: 1. More comprehensive end user documentation.
2. Make the GNOME panel a little more flexible with regards to appearance/size.
3. Include a tutorial for new users.

Please consider making GNOME 3.x more flexible and adaptive to workflows other than what is presented. I like change, but I don't like being *forced* into every workflow-related change in a new major version. A fallback mode - basically, a GNOME 2.x experience with the ability to use the hot corners for activity spaces - would be greatly appreciated. I have reverted to GNOME 2.x purely because I couldn't customize GNOME 3.x enough to be usable for me, even though I really enjoy the Activities paradigm.

Please feel free to contact me if you want more constructive feedback.

[email protected]

5581: more flexible/customisable

not as good functionally as 2.x yet

5582: 1. Increase customization options. Yeah Gnome 2 is pretty customizable, (Gnome 3 is rather lacking, however) but there are still some things that can be a pain. For example, changing the color of my clock digits, as far as I know I need to edit a text file for that, in KDE I just right click on the clock and select a new color.

2. In Gnome 3, I'd give users the ability to create as many workspaces as they want. The current set up of workspaces being created as needed works fine, but some people like having a certain default amount.

3. Also in Gnome 3, I'd give the ability to create more panels and customize the Activities panel.

I know I'm not the first to say this but Gnome 3 seriously needs more customization options. Gnome 2 was pretty good, a bit lacking but still had a good amount. Gnome 3, well I've heard that it's very customizable if you know how to program in... What language was it? C something? Well, in any case, it's not something that most typical users can do. Right now I won't use Gnome 3, but if more control is given to the user in the future, I will happily use it.

5583: go back to gnome 2, make it look little nicer with some desktop effects instead.

Go back to Gnome 2. As Gnome 3 isnt user friendly at all. It looks nice but don't fill any purpose

5584: new gnome is very hard to use in terms of accessibility. you should pay more attention in this way.

5585: More customization
Better stability
Polish design

5586: 1. Add more configuration options (Gnome 3 is much less configurable, then Gnome 2.32).
2. Fallback mode could support plugins of v. 2.32. (if it's possible technically)
3. Easy visual customisation (not present in v 3 without Advanced Setting manager) & Why there are only two options of user accounts (Stadard or Administrator) ? (all other types I can add only from command line !!!)

Thank you for GREAT GNOME you are developing for all LINUX community !!!

I think, many Gnome users (Ubuntu users like me) wuold like to see ligthweight and customisable Gnome like Gnome 2 (2.32) used to be. I really miss Gnome 2.32 simplicity and flexibility.

5587: Better improvement at energy consumption. I dont want nice effects if they use a lot my GPU and Battery.
Gnome Classic of gnome 3 sucks. There's not system menu!!
The resolution of icons for laptops of 13 are too bad. Big Icons, big bar, little things eating all my screen!

Hear the problems of the users!

5588: Why have GDM and why gnome does not use lightdm with the gnome theme.

Gnome 3 is fantastic, even the fall-back option is very good, I don’t understand all the bitching about gnome 3, it is very good and all people I’ve show it they liked very much.

5589: better configuration interface
the activity panel
the desktop/document organization

i think that main problem nowadays is the file manager/housekeeping. It urge a new approach to this problem. it is easy (?) to find a file in internet than in computer

5590: - make Gnome 3 GUI more customisable (either internally or by allowing other window managers and compositors)
- provide more extensive and up-to-date programmer interface documentation (most preferably with code examples)

5591: 1. Bring back customisable toolbars
2. More extensive settings as in GNOME 2
3. "Power off" in user menu :)

5592: I would make the application menu a bit more traditional, although I would keep it where it is (inside the activities area), I would do away with the icons and get the menus back.
I think there should be emacs like keyboard shorcuts for navigating around the gnome desktop and activties area, supplied by default, and a nice tutorial to ease users into the system

Well done, I have really come to like Gnome3. It feels comfortable. Suitable for use in tandem with the keyboard and mouse. I can't wait to see how it matures over the coming years. It is already a great user interface.

5593: Change back to 2.x layout

Gnome 2.x layout was best for me, it was easy and quick to use. I have developed my 2-panel habits. Please modify gnome-shell so it could act like 2.x gnome-panel.

5594: Gnome 3 is great, but:
1. I hope that it will get more easily modifiable. e.g. Themes :)
2. Lighter version of gnome 3 for old machines? (e.g. active fallback mode develpoment?)
3. Gnome 2 panel needs fixing

Unified look is not as great idea as you think. I think... MS Windows theming sucks

5595: Allow users to change the look and feel
Make the fallback experience closer to the real thing
Make the behavior of notification more consistent across applications

Keep up the good work, and please steal good ideas from unity

5596: Notifications, top panel, windows management

Plz, add panel for windows management. Gnome 3 is good for tablets, but there are a lot of laptop/desktop users. Gnome 3 is nice, but it's hard to work using it. That's why I prefered unity. For example, Unity allows you to use much more monitor space for windows. And it's has panel to switch between windows. And unity has better "alt-tab switcher". I believe next versions of gnome will be better and more user-friendly. And it's not surprising, why a lot of people still use gnome 2.

5597: 1. Fixed virtual desktop grids.

5598: I'll give more settings options

5599: Provide a proper panel for Gnome 3.x with full Gnome 2.x functionality
Make all Gnome 2.x configurations available for Gnome 3.x, including themes and preferences.
Make compositing selectable, possibility to use Compiz as compositing/effects manager.

Don't ditch a product before the new one has ALL its functionality added. Now your released 3.x desktops look like alpha versions, compared to the now abandoned Gnome 2.x

5600: Allow me to use the keyboard for everything.
Be more consistent in UI principles
Allow for easy configuration without black art tools