[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
I have just upgraded to 11.04, and I am disappointed in Unity. It is much worse than polished Gnome+Compiz environment, it looks ugly. I think it is a big error to make Unity default desktop environment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Well, it does save screen real-estate for small screened devices when working on a few full-screen applications. Unity might make sense for screen heights of 768 or lower. On my laptop, where I'm currently alternating between Unity (trying hard to like it) and Gnome Classic. Even if I don't autohide the menu in Gnome Classic, so it burns 20px, and use one of the default themes instead of one with a thin upper menu, a maximised Firefox window has 695px available to the page. (and yes, I customised a bit. That could be default for smaller screens, but even my linux novice mom figured out how to do something like this on her own) http://m8y.org/tmp/Gnome.png Now in Unity, that jumps to 718px available to the page, but at the cost of losing half the functionality of the top menu. I'm not thrilled about the cost of those 23px, esp since I could reduce that with a different theme. http://m8y.org/tmp/Unity.png Now if only patches were submitted to Gnome to allow apps like firefox to do what they do under windows and put tabs/firefox button on the same line as windows chrome, then I could keep my main panel functionality *and* save the pixels. The other thing I like about Unity is the spotlight search feature - that is quite nice. Hopefully it'll be pulled into Gnome. The app menu is a meh - such things have existed for gnome, I never found them useful enough to leave active. So. Saves a bit of vertical space at the cost of features, and has an awesome search. There you go. Positive stuff! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Converse of bug #747140 . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Yeah, only bug 747140 has no arguments whatsoever. I would ask the most important question: why is unity better (apart from the eye candy), compared to the classis gnome desktop ? Especially considering usability and customizability. It seems like this question has not been thoroughly answered before deciding to waste valuable developers time on this new product, time that also could have been spent on solving bugs (of which there are still many) and adding important lacking features to existing programs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Things I found unpleasant about Unity so far. Default decorator was straining my intel card and had those hideous heavy shadows - replacing w/ gtk decorator in gconf for unity (and gnome classic) fixed, but I should not have had to go to gconf - appears changing decorator in ccsm no longer works. Opening multiple terminal windows apparently requires middle click on the terminal button. But middle click is something I find hard to do on a touchpad with no 3rd button. doubleclick perhaps would have worked, for now I just right click on the new window. No applets! So no cpu frequency applet, no network/cpu/mem monitor, pretty much no useful customisation of that top bar, and I definitely care about applets. If I ran a search for ccsm, but I already had ccsm open behind other stuff, it popped open the side menu and wiggled the icon, but did not bring it to foreground. When I first started Unity I was presented w/ some apps on sidebar w/ identical icons. In my case, it was system firefox vs one I had downloaded to desktop. There was no way to differentiate between them since I could not: drag the icon to the desktop or right click on it to get to properties. Had to start them one at a time and grep the process list, then unpin the desktop one. No way to change icons (again, lack of right click for properties), if some apps have multiple icons - I had a few of these due to gksudo calls. search and sidebar don't seem to theme well. Stability has improved quite a lot, at least. I don't like the limitation in customisation of real-estate. Under gnome classic, I have all my applets and list of apps and everything rearranged into a 20px bar on the top, set to autohide. I can't do that in Unity, so it actually burns more real estate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Jeff, Points 2) and 3) of your comment are not a problem anymore in 11.04 Unity. As for 2), the keyboard shortcut for 'Show Desktop' is Super+D . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
There really needs to be a way to just pull out the old application menu. Maybe the new cartoonish search box and huge icons could be gotten used to, but if there was an obvious way to just browse applications the same way we used to, it would be a heck of a lot less jarring for those of us who just want to use the darn thing. Having to click a random icon and then click a category just doesn't cut it. The pull down categorized menu is a time tested and fairly efficient way to browse applications, and I see no good reason to not include it in the unity menu as a fall back. Not to mention the face that everybody is used to it. :-P Moreover, human beings get used to a certain pattern when they're trying to do something, like finding a system setting for example. The system menu, from my perspective, was one of those things that Ubuntu/Gnome always got right. When I think setting, I think of the system menu. Now that's all gone. I have absolutely no idea where to look for those things. I just have to seriously question how much forethought could has possibly gone into this project to simply dump such a useful feature and to not provide anything even resembling it within that huge unity menu. It's just not good UI design to spend years getting people used to one way of working, and then not even bother to take account of those usage patterns when designing the new UI. I hate to bring up MS again, but it took me all of 2 seconds to find the traditional programs menu after they brought out the new start menu in Vista/7. Or the control panel. That's called *forethought*. And to successfully design UIs, you simply can't ignore your clientel's usage patters which you have put so much time and effort into fostering. That's just bad design, bad business, and...wellbad! I too have missed the minimize all button, but at least Ubuntu has finally started to incorporate the windows shortcut keys that everyone is familiar with. I also have to say that I really miss middle click pasting without having to copy text. To me that was always one of those little things that made Linux worth using over windows, and it will be sincerely missed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Every Unity installation should come with a bottle of valium. Unity has turned my computer(that I use for work to make money) into an iPhone and thus turning ubuntu into a joke. What I can't stand: - Applications in the menu have no tree structure. Everything is piled on top of each other and makes no sense - I would like to minimize all my windows and show the desktop, is this even possible in unity? - Why does it take so much work to get to my mounted drives? Anyway, i'm off to Debian. Been around since Dapper.. It was real! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Anyway, i'm off to Debian. Been around since Dapper.. It was real! You've been around since Dapper and you don't even know how to change session from gdm(password screen) ;) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
I can wholeheartedly confirm this issue in 11.04. It's not that it's totally broken or anything. It's just that it's a design disaster. Even a simple thing like browsing with the mouse to the program I want is virtually impossible to figure out, and ends up taking a half dozen clicks. The side bar is clunky and I absolutely hate the fact that I have to scroll along it, even with only a hand full of custom launchers. This UI may look nice but as a human I can honestly say that it's the worst desktop UI I've seen in a very long time. I will try to stick it out and get used to it, but chances are I'll be opting out for the classic Gnome UI within a week, and contemplating a move to another distro shortly after. I realise that the Ubuntu team puts a lot of time and effort into improving the UI and I don't mean to be critical. But this new Unity thing just doesn't seem to work for me at any level, and I've been using Linux as a primary desktop for over 10 years. I'm an IT professional with two degrees in computer science. In that time I've seen some pretty terrible UIs, but until now, nothing that feels like it's intentionally designed to be a barrier between me and accessing and using the programs on my computer. I really hope this either gets a major overhaul or gets chucked on the scrap heap. Because I love Ubuntu but I'm just not sure how long I can put up with it. While I'm not a fan of Windows, I think they at least understand that when making a major change like this, that you have to make absolutely sure that you're not getting in the user's way. I realise you don't have the kind of testing team it takes to determine this, so here it is: this interface gets in the user's way! It's a total fail. And it needs to be dropped until such a time as it doesn't get in the user's way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
On 05/04/11 15:42, CedricMC wrote: Sometimes, I wonder if your intention is to simply replace Gnome Shell by Unity as the default desktop shell* or if your intention is more ambitious and you plan to develop your own DE (over Wayland, I guess). I would prefer the former rather than the latter since it would imply a stronger commitment in the collaboration of the Gnome development, although from what you say I deduce that you (Canonical and Gnome) have strong differences in your points of view. I certainly never envisaged Unity *outside* of Gnome. However, I think we may find ourselves there, unexpectedly. Where that goes I cannot speculate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Mark, I'm glad you're taking an interest in this thread. I'll try to offer my rational thoughts here. My first encounter with Unity was after installing Maverick on my netbook, and I found it horribly lacking. I very quickly restored the UNR-style desktop (which I think is a *great* UI for a small screen, by the way) and have been very happy with it. Here are my complaints (opinions) regarding Unity: 1) I think Unity is an interesting platform and I am interested in seeing how it develops. 2) Pushing what seems at best a beta-quality release as the desktop default I think was a mistake. It surely turned off many first-time users, which is who I think you (we) should be appealing to most. It also has surely annoyed many experienced users and Ubuntu supporters. The high quality we have come to expect from an Ubuntu release in the last several years appeared to simply be tossed out of the window with this single choice. If you wanted beta testers, surely there would have been a better way to go about getting them. 3) The launcher takes up way too much space on a netbook- (or smaller-) sized device. It is always on top with no way to shrink, move, or hide it. On a 10 (or smaller) screen, this is .75-1 of horizontal space that you can never get back. There is simply not enough space to spare on a small screen to allow this. I'm hoping future enhancements will allow users to adjust this size in the future, which may alleviate this concern. 4) My very first reaction (after holy cow this is huge and annoying) was this would be awesome on a touchscreen. I look forward to seeing how this could be used in such an environment with future improvements. 5) Linux desktop managers have been trying to copy Windows for years now. I have always hated the Start button UI paradigm. Now it seems that we are trying to copy OSX. I've never been a fan of that UI either, and really have not liked the do-everything taskbar/launcher paradigm. If that's what you're going for here, it's not my cuppa tea. My favorite UI is still the old and venerable fvwm, with a wharf style launcher. Maybe that's just me. For me, the greatest advantage of Linux and desktop distributions is that they offer me many choices. I am experienced enough of a Linux user now that I am capable of making choices with relative ease. If I see an application that improves my desktop experience in any way, I am happy to give it a try. If I like it enough, I'm happy to switch permanently. Right now, I feel that Unity is not quite ready for prime time, and currently does not have features that would induce me to use it as my primary desktop shell. Seth -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
@Erfan, @joopbraak: Thanks for displaying your linguistic eloquence and constructively help everyone along. Be sure to highlight your communicative skills on your CVs. We learned a lot from the 10.10 deployment and that's why Unity has received a *massive* overhaul in the 11.04 cycle and if you try the latest beta and apply all the upgrades I hope you will see the fruits of that labour. Alternatively if your woes stem from video card driver problems you might want to try out Unity2D instead which does not require hardware acceleration (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity2D). When/if you encounter concrete problems don't hesitate to report them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Mikkel above is right. Unity has been completely re-written from scratch for Ubuntu 11.04 and its much faster, much more slick and I can tell you that its better than GNOME-Panel and even netbook-launcher. BTW, when commenting on bug reports, one must follow the Ubuntu Code of Conduct http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct . Serious action may be taken against the violators. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Erfan, I would ask you to try 11.04 Unity, which is a major step forward from the version we used in 10.10. It would not have been possible to take that step without the widespread testing we got with Unity in 10.10 Netbook Edition. So, thank you for your feedback. As others have said, the language and tone you used are not constructive and not going to influence our position. You would have more success, if you want to make the experience better, by focusing on the specific things that can be improved. Mark -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Although perhaps @Erfan is out of line in his intensity, I have used the same words myself (see #3) in a softer way. But one should think that, if FS and OS communities are so quite and polite, why there are some people that complain in that way? It is a response for their frustration after having been used by Canonical as guinea pigs. I personally believe that Unity was (and still is) in a too much early state and that to release in such a state a software, on which the user experience depends so much, has been a big mistake and a wrong decision by Mark Shuttleworth. I know that the variety of projects is part of the FS and OS community's strength, but I did no understand why they begun to work in first place in this project having already projects like their own netbook-launcher, Gnome-Do or Docky and, furthermore, with the imminent release of Gnome Shell (which in my opinion will change the DE and DM paradigm of the GNU/Linux world). I really hope that @Mikkel and @Bilal are right and that Unity has been improved in 11.04, but this does not change what has been done. Moreover, Canonical has lost part of my confidence with this move (and others). Even though, I will surely give it a try (hoping it does not sucks ;) ). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
@Mark Shuttleworth , it is great that you are participating of this discussion. I would have a question for you. What are the plans of Ubuntu with Gnome 3.0? Will this affect Unity? Even though I do not always agree with your point of view (see #11), I want to thank you for the great job you are doing for the FS, OS, GNU/Linux communities. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
On 05/04/11 12:59, CedricMC wrote: @Mark Shuttleworth , it is great that you are participating of this discussion. I would have a question for you. What are the plans of Ubuntu with Gnome 3.0? Will this affect Unity? Even though I do not always agree with your point of view (see #11), I want to thank you for the great job you are doing for the FS, OS, GNU/Linux communities. Thanks Cedric. Gnome will always have a place in Ubuntu, just like KDE and XFCE. We had very much expected that Unity would be part of Gnome, but strong voices in Gnome are saying it is not welcome there. We'll work that out in due course, one way or the other, with the Gnome Foundation. Unity will be the default environment, but Ubuntu has always risen above differences like that to be an overall platform which gives you the best of ALL open source. Gnome 3 will be no different. We already have a lot of people, Canonical and community, helping out to get to the point where Ubuntu users can enjoy Gnome Shell and Gnome 3. Mark -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Thank you for answering. Sometimes, I wonder if your intention is to simply replace Gnome Shell by Unity as the default desktop shell* or if your intention is more ambitious and you plan to develop your own DE (over Wayland, I guess). I would prefer the former rather than the latter since it would imply a stronger commitment in the collaboration of the Gnome development, although from what you say I deduce that you (Canonical and Gnome) have strong differences in your points of view. Despite that I like very much Gnome (and I am excited for its next release), I also think that KDE and XFCE have a lot of to offer, specially XFCE when it comes to computers with low resources. I have also been wondering why did you not use XFCE for the netbook distribution (maybe the user experience will be strange from desktop to netbook). In the next weeks I will give a try to Gnome3, Natty, Unity and even KDE** and, as you say, I hope to see Gnome3 soon in Ubuntu. My bests. Cédric *: it is in my understanding that Unity is more a desktop shell than a desktop environment, correct me if I am wrong. **: I confess I never liked it too much since I always had bad experiences with it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
UBUNTU UNITY SUCKS, I think this stupid decision to use unity will turn away so many new Linux users, even someone like me who uses Linux since 2000. I am switching to OpenSUSE or something else, UBUNTU sucks more and more every day. These people seem to agree: http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2010-10/25-ubuntu_unity_sucks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
** Changed in: unity Status: Invalid = Opinion ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 Title: Unity sucks -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
The new interface is rather horrible, IMO... But, no need to downgrade tho... my fix was easy: 1. Log out and select GNOME Desktop as your session at the login screen :-) 2. (optional) For maximizing screen space - nuke the bottom panel, add the window picker (and other desired apps/launchers) to the top panel and set to autohide.. For additional flair, install the awn launcher/dock to the bottom and set to autohide. Use Chromium for your browser, as it tends to be faster and have less Chrome - heh... :-) (Note: you may need to install compiz or enable compositing for the window manager) My netbook runs great with full-GNOME and the Compiz eyecandy - and looks good doing it, too! -- Unity sucks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Unity is terrible. I cannot configure it, it bogs down my computer, messes up my applications, and is completely unusable. Just now I was trying to add a launcher to the panel and, of course, it did not work. Having some sort of drag-and-drop way to put applications in would work, but of course, nobody would use that. I am thinking of downgrading if this is not fixed soon. ** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion = Confirmed -- Unity sucks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are closing this bug report because it lists several bugs already reported and is a discussion regarding design changes. Have a look at the other bugs already reported : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity If you are interested in discussing the design changes, kindly write your concerns to ayat...@lists.launchpad.net, where the developers can respond. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid ** Changed in: unity Status: New = Invalid -- Unity sucks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Maybe the word sucks is not the best suited for a dissertation, but joopbraak just made a point saying that unity is still very buggy and user UNfriendly. Up to now, it has been a pain and, if anything changes soon, I'm going to downgrade to 10.04. - Graphic corruption on the tray icons. - Unity sometimes crashes an restarts (at least). - Unity sometimes disappears (open firefox, hit F11, close firefox, ups your alone...) - Hard to get on Nautilus, so it is hard to manage files, connect to a remote server, etc. - It steals the super key, so other programs that use it are broken, e.g.: gnome-do, emacs, etc. - Very slow, for instance filtering the program names (gnome-do is much more simpler, better, faster, stronger). - You can no longer use Alt-F2 to run a command. - Etcetera. I should also said that I like the whole idea thing of Unity. In contrast to Toby Murray, I believe that the vertical bar (which is so similar to Gnome-Do Docky) saves space in widescreen displays. Although Unity maybe will be a great interface but, right now, it simply sucks. -- Unity sucks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
Yes! I have no desire to give up precious screen real estate to a permanent vertical bar that behaves like one of the features I HATE from OSX. Is this program actually running or just 'pinned'?! And why are the icons moving when I try to click on them?! Luckily I have figured out how to make things work mostly like they used to. If it isn't installed already, install the package netbook-launcher- efl. This should give you a Netbook Edition (2D) option in the list of available sessions out on the login screen. Choose this session. By default this session seems kind of broken. At least mine came with nothing in the top gnome-panel. No window switcher, no notification area... just the power icon to log out/turn off and the gwibber menu (yay?). After adding the Window Picker and Notification Area applets, I am pretty much back to the look of netbook-launcher from lucid. In fact I think it looks slightly better. -- Unity sucks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/648180 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 648180] Re: Unity sucks
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