On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 12:44 +0100, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > On Thursday, December 22, 2011 16:23:13 Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 22:11 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > On 2011-12-22 12:29, Albert wrote: > > > > "It is like Gnome Desktop Environment developers are now working > > > > against Linux... > > > > Pure Gnome3 is just a BIG & major regress on Linux desktop, it makes > > > > Linux desktop productivity more difficult and bring useless > > > > features. Even the bars are frozen, you cannot interact, neither > > > > visual customize or configure anything. > > > The panels are a pain, I can not add applets to them. > > Nope, you install extensions. > > <https://extensions.gnome.org/> > Do note that extensions are a pretty lousy solution for anyone who doesn't > have a good internet connection (eg many of our users in Asia and South > America). I hope we can provide them with a selection of extensions by > default > in our next release
Numerous extensions are already packaged. zypper search.... gnome-shell-extension-alt-status-menu gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windows gnome-shell-extension-dock gnome-shell-extension-drive-menu gnome-shell-extension-gajim gnome-shell-extension-native-window-placement gnome-shell-extension-places-menu gnome-shell-extension-systemMonitor gnome-shell-extension-user-theme gnome-shell-extension-windows-navigato gnome-shell-extension-workspace-indicator gnome-shell-extension-xrandr-indicator gnome-shell-extensions > . Especially some which bring back a more familiar (and > efficient*) desktop metaphor. > *yes, I'm one of those who can't live without a decent taskbar I felt the same way at first; but now I'd say the taskbar is a pointless construct. It just gets crowded and clumsy; overview is faster, smoother, and more navigable. <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com/2011/05/fortnight-with-gnome3.html> -- System & Network Administrator [ LPI & NCLA ] <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> OpenGroupware Developer <http://www.opengroupware.us> Adam Tauno Williams -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
