The Best Features Of GNOME In 2012

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 19 December 2012 at 03:08 PM EST. Page 3 of 15. 5 Comments.

201: ressource hunger.

202: minimal distractions.

203: multi-monitor support

204: shell, nautilus

205: The dash-like search, intergration between core applications and desktop

206: fallback mode

207: The "overview" mode in Shell is amazing, along with the simplicity of most GNOME applications.

208: multimonitor, extension

209: support for mouse and keyboard

210: intergration with ews, google

211: All Nautilus features

212: Quick search, quick overview

213: Activities view

214: beauty and ease of use :-)

215: Chat-enabbled notifications

216: the dock on the left

217: The Activities Overview (Press SUPER Key)

218: shell search, overview mode notifications

219: Type-search in Activities

220: feature rich nautilus

221: version 2

222: eog, evince, desktop icons

223: Being able to see the shut-down menu; not having to use the pop-up pseudo-workspace manipulator and application menu; intuitiveness.

224: Bottom bar / app list

225: Nautilus Terminal

226: traditional desktop

227: overview, favorite apps tab on the left

228: Nautilus "Connect to server" feature

229: none, switched to KDE4

230: App menu

231: Events in calendar

232: start menu from the foot sign

233: Activity (hot corner)

234: Dynamic workspaces and extensions

235: I would like nothing to go away. What a stupid question. Is software getting better or worse?

236: minimal distraction free interface

237: The basics: multi-monitor support, launching from the shell by keyboard only. I would heavily use notification and chat integration if it worked better. Same goes for Online Accounts for calendar and mail integration.

238: classic desktop, nautilus location entry

239: Most of them went away already

240: keep window above all, nautilus tabs

241: laucher view and reduced use of screen real estate

242: applets, panel

243: Gnome 2.x applets

244: Shell Search

245: Nautilus' power

246: extension support, automatic desktop handling

247: system-monitor applet

248: System Tray

249: Activity Button + Expose

250: Gnome Fallback

251: I miss the feature of having things the way I love and not what others think I must love...

252: the hidden favorites and integrated search instead of menus to start applications, clean desktop, shortcut keys

253: shell search

254: The up button in Nautilus

255: virtual workspaces

256: Online account integration

257: Shell search, Empathy Integration, Beauty+Simplificity

258: gnome menu from the panel

259: Shutting down is a big one..

260: gedit, nautilus, calculator

261: entire 2.32 essentially

262: customization of panels

263: mousewheel on tab scrolling

264: none in particular

265: Mounting sftp/smb/ftp from nautilus

266: multiple workspaces

267: automatic edge-sizing of windows

268: Desktops arranged in a grid

269: Panel applets

270: Shell search

271: "fallback" (panel/metacity/notification-daemon) interface

272: Shortcuts on desktop

273: Gnome shell, AppMenu

274: Gnome Shell

275: GTK+, (lib)mutter, Gnome Shell

276: The Activities view

277: Find as you tupe in nautilus

278: Fallback mode, weather app

279: multiple desktops (as much as needed),

280: The arbitrary number of virtual desktops

281: Six month incremental release cycle and a featureful Nautilus.

282: Since v3 I don't rely on any Gnome feature as I use XFCE.

283: Shell integration with Evolution and chats

284: Switching between windows using the window list bar, one click access application menu groups, system load monitor applet.

285: launching applications

286: all :)

287: Integrated Calendar

288: Search as you type. GONE :)

289: Dynamic workspaces

290: The Gnome Shell search function

291: window list panel add on

292: I switched to LDE and then to MATE 'cause Gnome3 still blows. It is ALMOST usable with the extentions, but not quite.

293: System tray. Yes, add it back. LIKE IT USED TO BE.

294: fallback mode

295: tweak tool, themes, and nautilus before it became shit with 3.6

296: Actions for common desktop tasks are so streamlined that everything is essential. I find it functional and syntetic

297: Windows Key Shortcut

298: None, but I wish gedit was more like kate.

299: Gnome-shell multidesktops

300: classic gnome 2.x menubar


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