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From: Alecks Gates <alecks.g@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome3 weather applet
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 03:30:18
Message-Id: CAKkyAYaoRXBGEhqxTaLNNdObAFzHgnH9nQbxjgMJ48vqiwR5tg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome3 weather applet by walt
1 On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:57 AM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 05/29/2012 10:56 PM, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
3 >> I am one of those poor saps who decided to try gnome3 and its not
4 >> pleasant at all ... its an even worse hit on productivity than early
5 >> gnome2 over 1.4 was :(
6 >
7 > I find gnome3 to be not very different from gnome2 *if* I run it in
8 > "fallback mode".  Try it: System Settings::System Info::Graphics::
9 > Forced Fallback Mode::On
10 >
11 > So far I find gnome-shell to be pointless, but I'll try it every few
12 > months to see if I change my mind.  (Normally my wife changes my mind
13 > for me, but she's not interested in linux so she doesn't care.)
14 >
15
16 I find the grouped windows of the same application to be quite
17 convenient and efficient, been using gnome-shell for months now and
18 love it. Was forced to learn all the keyboard shortcuts and I'm much
19 more productive. Alt-tab for switching between applications and Alt-`
20 for switching between the same application, very nice.
21
22 Just in case someone here hasn't yet come across it, here's the Gnome
23 3 cheat sheet (quite useful):
24 https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet
25
26 Plus the extensions are great and also simple to use. I didn't
27 install a single extension until yesterday, and I was really surprised
28 at how easy it was and how useful some of them are. Here's a short
29 list of what I found useful:
30 "Remove Accessibility" - Removes the accessibility icon from the upper right
31 "Calculator" - Allows you to do simple calculations from within the
32 shell, just press the "super" key and start typing
33 "Notifications Alert" - Makes notifications more apparent in case you miss one
34 "Media player indicator" - Sort of like Ubuntu's Unity music indicator
35 "Advanced Volume Mixer" - Lists all the app's sound levels right in
36 the drop-down mixer
37 "Panel Settings" - Some settings to change the panel visibility and location
38
39 Yes, normally I would prefer a lot of these features to be included in
40 the desktop environment. But they made them so easy to install and
41 try, I was really surprised and impressed. It's as if they want the
42 weird simplicity so everyone can customize it with extensions, which
43 is a nice approach to it, in my opinion. I've always disliked the
44 bloat and complexity of KDE's built-in settings, etc. But I don't
45 mean to start a flame war, that's just my taste and opinion.