>
> As of Ubuntu 16.04, there are several ugly applications (starting with
> nautilus, as well as the system settings application) that seem to adapt
> strongly to Unity, breaking alternative desktops.
>

Applications should work/look same between Unity and GNOME Flashback
session. If it does not then it is bug...

For example, Nautlius windows show no borders at all, with shadow-less
> designs the window contents of two overlapping windows can not
> distincted. The windows can't be resized anymore except by external
> means (magnetic desktop borders for example). Some menues are gone, that
> would be displayed by the Unity icons or in the panel, for example there
> is no way to reach the Nautlilus preferences dialog anymore.
>

Known bug, I think there is at least few bugs about this.

It seems that more and more apps are migrating to those bad schemes (eg.
> gitg, for one example outside of the default installation).
>

Main problem is that Unity does not support _GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS. Because of
this Ambiance theme does not have CSS for client side decorations. You
could try to use different theme.

Do we need tricks by gnome-flashback to make these apps work again? Or
> should they be considered broken (which would mean the gnome-flashback-
> session concept is dead, if even default apps can't be used in the old
> way anymore). Where should we act to make those apps usable again?
>

First thing is that we need to switch XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP back to
GNOME-Flashback:GNOME. Then we must make sure that Ubuntu/Unity patches
does not affect our session...

We hope that we will be able to improve this in 17.04.

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