GNOME Shell Status – 2009-02-09 (original) (raw)

This looks like one of those things that I would play with for 5 minutes and then switch it off and forget about it. Here is the main problem I see: From the videos, it seems that the Gnome Shell thinks what is most important is the Gnome Shell. The desktop and applications get thumbnailed, and the user is expected to do gymnastics like drag & drop simply to start an application. That’s fun the first three times you do it, but then it’s just awkward.

Drag and drop is not even an easy, simple motion.

I’d rather like to see a shell that is integrated into the desktop rather than a desktop that is integrated into a shell.

The best user interface is the one you don’t even notice. This seems to be the opposite of that. I don’t even know how to fix it incrementally from where you are, sorry

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