Comments on: GNOME Shell Preview

By: SteveOll

SteveOll — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:07:14 +0000

I agree with mystilleef, in that my preconception of gnome-shell would be to have a ‘super’ version of gnome-do that could manage things, coupled with compiz and something like avant windows manager all rolled into one.

Lets hope its not too late for them to listen to this feedback and change things before its too late.

By: Pedro Lobo

Pedro Lobo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:10:29 +0000

Just to set some poeple straight.

No one has hidden the fact that Gnome-Sheel is still very young and imature. What now seems as a waste of space, or stupid this stupid that feature is in fact a place holder of sorts.

Take for instance the window title in the top panel. It’s just a place holder for gnome global menu.

Be patient and submit bugs sugestions.

Don’t hate what is still to come.

I recall in the beginning of KDE4, even KDE followers hated it, now they all praise it. (I don’t of course speak for all KDE fans lol)

Personally I love 2.28 and am rather curios to see where 3.0 is going.

I have faith…

By: Jonas

Jonas — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:57:10 +0000

Michael:
I agree fully with you, gnome-shell is simply put one of the best UI’s I have tried in a long time.
Sure there are some quirks but not more than in any other UI I tried.

I also love that there is no-configuration!
I can agree with all of you out there that says that we all have different needs and preferences.
However the configuration possibility in Linux programs is usually, in my opinion, also why Linux software often lacks in usability with commercial systems.
The open source programmers spend too much time to implement clever theming/config options instead of using good default options that at least 80% of the userbase wants.
Priority one is as always stability but close are good default settings. Good job Gnome team, keep your head high.

By: Michael Vogt

Michael Vogt — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:15:32 +0000

Am I the only one finding a lot to like about Gnome-shell? It’s not feature complete at the moment, but I already find it preferable to the direction that KDE4 took. So far the main configuration option I want is to be able to display the full date at the top instead of just the day and time. Everything else I find to be intuitive and beautiful.

Perhaps I won’t feel that way over time, but right now I find it comfortable and intuitive. I do like the clever windows design someone showed before. I see no reason that this couldn’t be used along with the Gnome Shell.

I say good work to the Gnome team; I’m excited about 3.0.

By: Cassidy James

Cassidy James — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:40:14 +0000

The devs are working on theming, I believe using CSS. There will probably also be integration into the system theme.

By: kurye

kurye — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:05:13 +0000

i wish you continued success thanks

By: FunkyM

FunkyM — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:40:08 +0000

Can please someone drive a big usability truck over what is called “gnome-shell” before it’s too late and one has to abandon the ship.

By: bobpoljakov

bobpoljakov — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:01:38 +0000

I’ve found this, it’s pretty interesting: http://www.gnome.org/~mccann/shell/design/GNOME_Shell-20090705.pdf

By: Søren Hauberg

Søren Hauberg — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:01:23 +0000

One thing that bugs me about the top-bar is that so much space is spend on telling me what my name is. Really, I think I’ve learned my own name by now, so I don’t need for the computer to tell me all the time…

By: markez linda

markez linda — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:29:52 +0000

There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also.