In Gnome’s defense, they also make it really easy to replace or customize the vast majority of things to an almost surprising degree and while their extension SDK is a bit weird with some choices, it’s also fairly friendly to anyone with some JS experience.
I used to not be a fan either, but 44 and 45 have felt pretty good to use with minimal changes. Some of the more recent design guidelines they’ve refined have made a huge difference. I use Dash to Dock, but that’s the only real UX change I use nowadays.
I still dislike the macOS-like launcher menu for apps. But I also don’t care for an application menu or windows 7-style menu so I live with it.
Stock gnome feels a bit slow to me, but I love using it with custom keybinds for launching applications. Making good use of workspaces and multiple monitors makes it even better.
I cannot stand Gnome. I would genuinely prefer to use Bash-only than try to deal with Gnome.
I use the Cinnamon desktop, and Gnome apps and applets occasionally leak into Cinnamon “intact.” They’re easy to spot; the app opens as a large and mostly featureless blank window where all of the controls are crammed up into the top bar. open is all the way to the left, save is all the way to the right. Open and Save are spelled out as words, New and Save As are icons. Most everything else is in a hamburger menu, which usually isn’t much because Gnome eschews menus, settings, configurations, options, or additional functionality. The app does the very middle of the road most normal use case for the task it’s designed for and that is ABSOLUTELY it.
I’m also not on board with the whole rounded corners and bulbous look to everything. Reminds me of that line from The Simpsons: “Okay class, take out your safety pencils and a circle of paper.”
Every Gnome trend on the Desktop. Perfect for tablets, but it doesnt make sense?
In Gnome’s defense, they also make it really easy to replace or customize the vast majority of things to an almost surprising degree and while their extension SDK is a bit weird with some choices, it’s also fairly friendly to anyone with some JS experience.
I used to not be a fan either, but 44 and 45 have felt pretty good to use with minimal changes. Some of the more recent design guidelines they’ve refined have made a huge difference. I use Dash to Dock, but that’s the only real UX change I use nowadays.
I still dislike the macOS-like launcher menu for apps. But I also don’t care for an application menu or windows 7-style menu so I live with it.
Stock gnome feels a bit slow to me, but I love using it with custom keybinds for launching applications. Making good use of workspaces and multiple monitors makes it even better.
I cannot stand Gnome. I would genuinely prefer to use Bash-only than try to deal with Gnome.
I use the Cinnamon desktop, and Gnome apps and applets occasionally leak into Cinnamon “intact.” They’re easy to spot; the app opens as a large and mostly featureless blank window where all of the controls are crammed up into the top bar. open is all the way to the left, save is all the way to the right. Open and Save are spelled out as words, New and Save As are icons. Most everything else is in a hamburger menu, which usually isn’t much because Gnome eschews menus, settings, configurations, options, or additional functionality. The app does the very middle of the road most normal use case for the task it’s designed for and that is ABSOLUTELY it.
I’m also not on board with the whole rounded corners and bulbous look to everything. Reminds me of that line from The Simpsons: “Okay class, take out your safety pencils and a circle of paper.”