What People Are Saying About GNOME [Part 5]

4901: 1/ ALL
2/ EVERYTHING
3/ GNOME

You are on the wrong way!!!

4902: A better guide to the Terminal, I am not very good with it. Also built in Compiz. I choose GNOME because of the simplicit beauty of it. I want some more subtle beauty.

=( the only problems with GNOME adoptibility is that there aren't enough programs I use on a daily basis in windows ported for Linux.

4903: 1. Revert to GNOME classic.
2. Make GNOME shell an alpha.
3. Give back power to the users by bringing back customisability.

4904: 1. Go back to the 2.x setup
2. Integrate a decent tiling window manager into gnome
3. Do usability testing on end users before rolling out big changes

4905: The speed, the speed, and the speed. Other than how slow and unresponsive it is when running more than 1 or 2 applications, I actually kind of like it. The javascript backend is just WAY to slow to get any sort of serious multitasking done without waiting forever. In my experience, the menu thing takes forever to populate with apps the search takes forever and switching applications takes too long. I'm aware of the keyborad shortcuts, but the probelm is waiting on GNOME to execute a task. I have used Gnome for year and would be still if it weren't for this issue. Using XFCE or LXDE currently.

See above question.

4906: 3.x is poor

4907: 1. More customization options (gdm, etc.)

Rock on

4908: More accessible customization.

4909: Would go back to the old style that worked for 10 years, would make it lighter and would drop the idea that every computer is run by children that like cool fancy dektop environements.

Guys dont really mind the change you always try the best and never let me down before but really gnome 3 design is not for me going to change to LXDE feels like gnome even knowing is not.

4910: 1. Don't assume everyone has exactly the same needs. Make configuration easy and non-threatening (instead of impossible or esoteric).

2. Grow up. The GNOME Shell FAQ was obviously written by an arrogant prick. The "simple" recommendations include "buy new hardware", "fix the free drivers for other hardware", "KVM/qemu lags, that just needs to be fixed", "Can I customize GNOME Shell? Please see the extensions page". The pricks behind GNOME obviously have zero respect or empathy for their users.

3. Grow up. Seriously. I can't say this too many times.

1. Make a working 2D GNOME Shell. It's about time.

2. Make multiple monitor modes work (support for Xinerama is especially broken).

3. Don't assume one-size-fits-all. It doesn't.

4911: 1) Define a development toolkit: layout a set of standard tools for developing on/for the GNOME system, such as, Glade+Anjuta+Vala and focus (all?) official effort on making these pieces work seamlessly together.

2) Documentation (developer and otherwise): must be more than just api calls, should go beyond just how to call them and explain a little bit about why they are the way they are, with copious diagrams and/or examples to illustrate proper/official techniques and give a good conceptual understanding of what it is doing. Examples should be given in the official languages (probably C and Vala) and should include non-trivial ones in appropriate circumstances. Better new user guidance, such as the welcome dialog on Linux Mint, would help people learn the GNOME system and get it working for them. Video walkthroughs on doing things (like installing a new program, changing settings, etc.) in addition to a text user guide (with screenshots) would be extremely helpful to new users. Optional interactive tour could be slick as well.

3) More configuration: expose more options somehow, we have the tweak tool, but having two settings applications seems wrong. Having an "advanced" pane on each system settings page (that can be tweaked further) or a global "advanced mode" switch which shows all the settings on the pages would be helpful and more consistent than two separate apps.

Overall, I think the project is moving in a good direction with defining official, consistent means of interacting with the system and not wasting resources on trying to do everything for everyone (at least at this point). We need to be prepping for a future with Wayland and things like systemd. Stay looking forward, but don't forget where we came from. Thanks for the hard work folks.

4912: * global menu applet in the top/bottom panel
* easy removal of all window decorations
* user-friendly way to remove indicator applications

4913: Would go back to the old style that worked for 10 years, would make it lighter and would drop the idea that every computer is run by children that like cool fancy dektop environements.

Guys dont really mind the change you always try the best and never let me down before but really gnome 3 design is not for me going to change to LXDE feels like gnome even knowing is not.

4914: Keep the gui stuff (or my friends will kill me.)
KISS still rules, but let there be a gui for it.
A gui for themeing would be very welcome.

Gnome 3 is not for me, please let Gnome 2 lead a long and healthy life parallel to Gnome 3.
KDE is not an alternative for me, nor is Xfce. I'll have to find something that runs my Gnome apps. LXDE probably.
Keep up the good work!

4915: Nothing, completely satisfied :)

Keep it up as you do it now! :)

4916: Keep the 2.0 menu structure

4917: Make GNOME 3+ identical in appearance and function to GNOME 2X.

1. Don't try to imitate Apple products.
2. Maximize options including ease of customization rather than reducing them.
3. Don't try to make a GUI that's identical for desktops, tablets, laptop/netbooks and tablets--it doesn't work. The reason there are so many fanatic 2x users is that 2x reached near perfection for desktops years ago. Let it be.

4918: 1. I would enjoy a more GNOME 2 like experience.
2. I would like more customizability.
3. I would like more GTK themes and window borders out of the box.

It appears that your target audience for GNOME 3 is average people who aren't that experienced in computers and people who have tablets. Now the issue I see with this is that not only where most previous GNOME-fans at least to some extent power users, but also that there aren't that many people on Linux that don't know much about computers and there aren't that many tablets to run Linux on. I understand that someone needs to make the first move to tackle these 'issues', however disregarding most of your users by doing so is not the way to do it in my opinion. I recently used Sabayon 7 with GNOME 3.2 and in it's likely quite customized form I'd say it was almost as usable as the default GNOME 2.x was. That said, I'm still sticking with XFCE (which I only discovered thanks to the announcement of GNOME Shell and I have grown very fond of) as my main DE for the moment.

4919: Stick to your guns. Don't listen to all the haters. Steve Jobs didn't.

4920: Go on with Gnome 2
Cancel Gnome Shell
Stop Gnome 3

See above

4921: This survey is stupid, biased and badly designed - Gnome Dev's please ignore this crap!.

Thanks for making the best linux desktop environment over the years.

4922: 1. Design team
2. Community-contact team
3. DESIGN TEAM

Stop being jerks towards users. Stop fucking with Nautilus and its design. This toolbar thingy is a joke. Get in touch with Elementary guys to learn how to design the UX.

4923: 1. Configurability. There is no (easy) way to configure anything anymore.
2. Less focus on touch devices - I use a desktop with a nice big (non-touch) display (two of them in fact).
3. Configurability.

For the last while I have been using KDE and while there are aspects I do not like particularly, I find it considerably more intuitive and customisable than gnome3. I use Gnome2 on Mint as well and that I find is really cool. Gnome3 has been a bit of a disappointment and I will really have to think hard before I switch to it again (even Unity is better, and that is saying something since I also find unity very restrictive).

4924: Inclusion by default in Ubuntu, as it was before Unity became the standard (though this is admittedly no fault of Gnome)

4925: Improve the file manager Nautilus.

Please allow the desktop to be open, the new gnome 3 you can't add anything to desktop or the panels, very annoying.
The sidebar is not dynamic, it would be nice if it could be resized so many more icons could be visible instead of having to scroll and search.

4926: not shitty

4927: 1. faster rendering
2. adding Shutdown button

4928: Drop the smartphone interface.

4929: I would change the shutdown options which actually are suspend or hibernation. I'd change the way GNOME manages the windows - the window list and oh, the tray bar :/

Don't really forget how consistent the other environments are - do not try to copy from them, just don't make them really different from Windows for instance or else it will just be forgotten by most people and everyone will just go back to GNOME2, or MATE in that case.

4930: * A new accessibility/usability team that would know what they are doing;
* Lossless optimization of all the shipped PNG files (seriously, optipng, Google it!);
* Get a way to make Monday the first day of the week (SERIOUSLY!!!)

Get out of your high horse.

4931: "Aero-Snap" It is available in 3 I know, but I am running Debian stable and it seems like it has taken way too long to get this feature.

Either more keyboard shortcuts or better documented keyboard shortcuts. I don't want to have to use my mouse if I don't have to.

I have tested Gnome 3, liked it, but it ran slow on my PC which is moderate. I like the new simplifications, but just don't get rid of key features. I like the simplicity of Compiz. It is presented as something that is simple and looks pretty, but if you want to get more into it you can install Compiz Config Settings Manager to tweak. There needs to be a tool to tweak the things users may want to tweak if necessary in Gnome 3. Keep up the good work. I can't wait to use it when Wheezy becomes stable. If you have any questions send them to [email protected]

4932: Make the currently open program bar better. I'm in and out of tsclient all day log, maybe 10 times a day and I keep opening a new window for it when I already have about three of them open. I have moved the gnome panel to the top of the screen hoping it would help, it does some, but I keep going for the icon I have pined to the panel then opening another tsclientM ake it work like Windows 7 where there is only one ico that is pinned, opened or not.

What is up with gnome3, I throw-up a little each time I *try* to use it...maybe only 10 minutes, then back to gnome2

4933: Add more customization. That's it. I just really don't like not being in control of what my desktop looks like.

4934: Continue the overall direction of Gnome 2.0. Better dialog size support for small screens (read netbooks). Many of them span off the screen including the bug reporting tool. Speed, integration and "plugins" could be greatly improved. COMPIZ I think is very important and not just for eye candy.

If they want 3.0 as it is with the Gnome Shell fine but really would prefer that as a new project. If not then fork Gnome 2.0. If not then good bye. I use Gnome 2.0 + Compiz on my Fedora 14 and lower installs. Fedora 15 I have resorted to XFCE. I have tried to use Gnome 3.0 and the GnomeShell repeatedly but its not only NOT ready for "production" but its about the most crippled, unstable, poor performing and excruciatingly painful to use UI I've had the displeasure of encountering. Its even worse than OSX. You have no clue how hard it is to say that or mean it. It is your code. Do as you wish. Its my hardware and I will do the same. Good luck in your endeavours I just have no intention of being apart of them in any way where they cross the likes of GnomeShell. New ideas are great. Not all great ideas are new. GnomeShell is definitely a bad idea.

4935: None I use linux Mint

Bring in a n option to make Gnome 3 look and act like Gnome 2 at the flip of a radio button

4936: Have advance options better organized and integrated with the rest of the control center.

4937: more configure options, in latest releases you've pretty much hidden all the good stuff which I liked in favor for the newbies and easier/cleaner UI etc..

you've compromised flexibility over ease of use which is a big no-no for me personally.

don't forget your hc poweruser nerds, or they (ok, us, since I'm one of those hax0rz) will switch to something else (like ratpoison wm!).

4938: More options to tweak the new GNOME Shell (with a GUI)

4939: 1) Integrated theme options for gnome shell. In KDE you are able to just browse theme and install them from the display settings window. I believe this would be very helpful

2) Gnome-tweak-tool should be included by default. I don't know if this is just a packaging issue though.

3) Replace GDM with LightDM. Ubuntu's new login screen looks really slick. I'd like something like that in Gnome.

Keep on making sweet software, and don't worry too much about the people who just don't like change (gnome-shell)

4940: I would discard the useless gnome 3 project completely.
Improve Nautilus.
Change the way translations are handled, too much bloated code.

Fork gnome 2 and finish it, i.e. fix bugs and lingering issues.

4941: Change color from black
Click app icon and open new app
create folders in app tool bar

4942: fewer dependencies of the GTK+ stack
easy porting of applications
better support for screens smaller than 1024x600

4943: I just want one thing: an alternative to Gnome Shell. Classic mode with compiz is not a viable option. Please spend more time developing that.

Gnome 3 is the reason I switched to Xfce on my desktop. I'm also running Gnome 2 on my laptop, but I'm eventually going to have to upgrade it. I understand that Gnome 3 is aimed at a more casual user, but I don't see why this had to come at the expense of the technically inclined. If I could tweak Gnome 3 to make it look/behave like Gnome 2 I would be perfectly happy, but I have found that to be impossible.

4944: 1. Better multi-display support.
2. Tiliing window manager or simple window tiling like in Windows 7.
3. Simple, quick launch / search like in Windows 7 / Mac OS X.

4945: more compact theme

Keep up the good work!

4946: GO BACK TO GNOME V 2.X PLEASE NOW! DO NOT STOP DEVELOPMENT OF Gnome 2.x. I feel that Gnome 3 is a big step in the wrong direction. You will lose me as a Gnome user if Gnome 2.x is not continually updated and allowed to flourish in new distributions. Keep on track with 2.x, that is and was the right direction. Otherwise, I'm gone.

GO BACK TO GNOME V 2.X PLEASE NOW! DO NOT STOP DEVELOPMENT OF Gnome 2.x. I feel that Gnome 3 is a big step in the wrong direction. You will lose me as a Gnome user if Gnome 2.x is not continually updated and allowed to flourish in new distributions. Keep on track with 2.x, that is and was the right direction. Otherwise, I'm gone. Gnome 2.X does everything I need it to do and is everything I need in a desktop/netbook environment. PLEASE don't stop progress on 2.X!!!!! Gnome 3... big mistake!!

4947: I would provide a mode in Gnome 3 for the classic Gnome style. Provide the ability to configure your environment for maximum performance. Stop making changes for change sake.

I would provide a mode in Gnome 3 for the classic Gnome style. Provide the ability to configure your environment for maximum performance. Stop making changes for change sake.

4948: Please stay backward compatible with gnome 2.x applets, or at least make the migration easy so that all applet makers can migrate without fuss.

Please do not remove features for the sake of keeping things simple-looking. features are good things to have, and everyone is different. even grandma.

Listen when many, many people are discontented.

You guys are doing a lot of excellent work, just don't throw away previous excellent work and instead build on it.

4949: 1. ability to remove 'places' menu
2. stupid dependencies in debian (but thats probably fault of whoever is maintaining gnome packages in debian)
3. panels don't work very well with multiple monitors (I can't place them like i'd like to)

hell yes: don't try to be smarter than your users, and DO NOT act like you know better what's good for them - because this is exactly what microsoft does, and this will probably be main reason for me to eventually ditch gnome for other DE

4950: Add back applets
Make widgets
Make it more flexible

4951: all components of gnome 3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

gnome 3 is not good enough i was hope , gnome 3 is disgusting , why we can't right click panel ? I think you designed gnome 3 for tablets , touch touch touch , i want to right click on panel and realy can do something to system settings !!!!!! Gnome 3 is really disappointment , i am sorry but gnome 3 is not better than gnome 2 !

4952: Better FallBack mode for GNOME3

4953: Keep up the good work! Gnome 3 has lots of potential, and 3.2 is much better than 3.0.

4954: - more customizability
- more features
- more optimizations (faster/lighter)

Listen to your user base more

4955: screensaver issue
sleep issue
full set of minimize, maximize, close widgets by default
shutdown option by default
allow stuff on the desktop
i'm mostly happy using gnome-tweak-tool and failback gnome, but it would be nice to be able to get a similar experience and not have to resort to such things.

not everything is a tablet. design with this in mind.

making things simple is cool, but all people want to do is surf the web and double clicking a god damn firefox icon was never that hard to begin with. drastic changes aren't needed in the desktop or laptop world--and i don't think you'll see stock gnome on portables anytime soon.

4956: Have some sort of task bar/dock/etc.

Add more options, configurability, etc.

Drop the activities-screen-switches-to-an-already-running-instance-rather-than-launch-a-new-instance idea.

All too often, I will feel like Gnome 3 is treating me like an easily-confused idiot. Please stop doing that.

4957: 1. Change the workspace behavior like gnome 2.
2. Change the alt-tab behavior like gnome 2.
3. Change the behavior where I'm trying to open new terminals, but it's not doing so because I have ONE terminal already open.

I like the new direction in general.

I _HATE_ what was done to the multitasking features (workspaces, multiple applications, and alt-tab being desktop wide instead of workspace wide).

Change that and I'll stick with the new Gnome.

I am currently using XFCE because I can't stand these issues.

4958: Not much

Well done! It's slick and beautiful and easy to use!

4959: Menubar, an app to handle extension, more config option.

Integrate better semantic search, try to figure out a good way to handle windows

4960: More accessible options
Ability to customise top panel (gnome 3 fallback mode)
Have the GNOME project not treat its users like computer illiterate retards

It would be nice if the GNOME team stopped hiding away settings inside gconf and provided the means to set them via applications. For example, I was pissed off that in GNOME 2 I was able to set my laptop to not standby when the lid was closed, but in GNOME 3 the setting doesnt exist except via screwing with things on the commandline

4961: - Consistency in regards of older versions
- Keyboard usability
- Power consumption on laptops

It really feels like GNOME developpers innovate for the sake of innovation and slowly drift away from users' opinion.

4962: Switch back to gnome 2.

4963: a little more configuration-possibilities
faster start-up
integrate more web/social media

4964: Hidden status bar
Hidden advanced settings
CPU / Memory usage

4965: Please merge Unity + Gnome shell somehow. Reduce the number of platform targets for ISVs.

Continue pushing on JavaScript integration in the desktop. Keep up the good work.

4966: The Windows start button isn't big enough.

LOL Phoronix

4967: 1) Get rid of any C# still present in GNOME. This is a bad idea. Microsoft is notorious for pulling the rug out from under developers/users.

2) Configuration. Sorry but I know what's best for me. Hiding configuration in an Windows Registry-like database is really irritating. I use a Desktop Environment because I have GUI tools to configure it the way I want it. If I wanted to hack at a Terminal, I'd use a Window Manager.

3) Fork GNOME 3.x into a tablet project. It looks great -- really it does. But you know what? It would be way cooler on my HP Touchpad. 2.x was way more usable. Just because de Icaza doesn't understand why people minimize windows doesn't mean you should get rid of them. It's like the C# shit all over again.

Just keep in mind that you essentially are trying to please two user bases here. The first being the greybeards and their ilk who have been using F/OSS for years and want the ability to completely customize their desktop environment to their needs. Yet, GNOME seems to be moving in a direction that suggests that the GNOME team knows more about how users want to use desktops than users do.

The second crowd, of which you seem to be targeting, are folks like my father who just want to be able to sign on, watch funny videos on youtube, read Fox News, and check email. They don't need customization and benefit from the walled garden approach. But they shouldn't be the primary user-base, either.

You need to take heed when figures like Linus Torvalds say, "WTF are you doing GNOME?" and leave your desktop environment. People like Linus will tend to pull a large portion of the user-base with them.

Finally, I guess what I'm getting at is this: Don't ignore the masses of nerds that made you popular. They can just as easily turn their backs on you. From the posts that appear on /. and other forums from time to time, it has all appearances that GNOME is haemorrhaging users.

4968: Gnome 3 (shell and unity) ui

Go back to gnome 2 ui.

4969: Heard a lot of criticism for Gnome3, so not moving to it yet.

General notion of removing configurability is not a good idea. Changing the default look-and-feel is fine, but not at the cost of removing other ways that people prefer.

4970: Allow restoring application menus to title bars (auto-raise is now useless).
Allow moving ribbon position.
Allow unhiding recently hidden buttons (like up a level in file manager).

Gnome 2 was highly functional. Gnome 3 has new features that are nice but not at the expense of the previous utility. The UI is not a style contest, it has to be functional. That got lost somewhere in the rush to emulate the Mac (for people that never chose that to begin with).

4971: - Binary Blobs for configuration are a *pain*: I can't believe people from a unix background would not use text.
- Shift+Control+N to bring up a new terminal, with no easy global shortcuts remapping.
- I really don't care for "activities" and such metaphors: they are not useful to me.

Put more works on your Gnome 2 fallback mode; for now, I am back using Xfce. It's a downgrade from Gnome 2, but it's a huge improvement over Gnome 3.2.

4972: - Binary Blobs for configuration are a *pain*: I can't believe people from a unix background would not use text.
- Shift+Control+N to bring up a new terminal, with no easy global shortcuts remapping.
- I really don't care for "activities" and such metaphors: they are not useful to me.

Put more works on your Gnome 2 fallback mode; for now, I am back using Xfce. It's a downgrade from Gnome 2, but it's a huge improvement over Gnome 3.2.

4973: - Revert back to a 2.X style interface.
- Focus on bug fixes rather than new UI paradigms to improve usability.
- Focus on community feedback.

4974: Default Adwaita Theme: way too much wasted space with padding and borders
Window Placement and focus: drop the "move forward when something happens in a window" thing, it's stupid and annoying
Drop MONO-Banshee-Evolution.

Better interface designers: look at the elementary guys

4975: Less oversimplifying stuff that's inherently complex (I am ok with complex, I am not ok with retarded interface with no options).

For God's sake, let me set some preferences of my own. Your preferences suck dick.

4976: 1.) Stop making radical changes to the user interface for the sake of change and excitement! People used Gnome 2.x because they LIKED it, not because they wanted it gutted in favor of something radically new and different. The saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," is totally applicable here. I understand the drive for experimentation and progress, but the Gnome team needs to learn common courtesy for its users, who rely on their desktop environment to stay out of their way and let them get work done. The "fun" new interface should have meekly presented itself as an interesting new option. Instead, it came as an all-consuming conqueror, raping my desktop and pillaging my panels. That is COMPLETELY unacceptable, and the army of users crying out in unison is a damning testament to how insular and out-of-touch the Gnome team has become. There is now a fallback option at least, but its functionality is completely gimped compared to genuine Gnome 2, and it was only included after an uproar over both the interface and the number of devices that can't handle wanton and gratuitous graphical bling.
2.) Stop using faster hardware as an excuse to hog resources! Eye candy is great, but expensive eye candy should be an added extra, not standard baggage weighing down an installation by default. Linux graphics performance is so far below Windows graphics performance (even with binary blobs) that GPU resources need to be meticulously conserved for applications that really need them. Instead, Gnome 3 throws gobs of GPU resources at basic desktop functionality the way Bernanke's Fed throws money at banks.
3.) Start listening to your long-time users. Really listen to them, and not just the ones who agree with your grand new vision. We're not saying you can't have fun and experiment; you're the ones making the software, after all. However, it's common courtesy to experiment in a way that's non-invasive to current users. If that would have been too difficult for Gnome 3 proponents, they should have created Gnome 3 as a project fork...instead of leaving Gnome 2.x as an orphan in a dead-end alley. There are TONS of users who prefer Gnome 2.x over all of the other desktop environments, and there are probably a good number of developers who would be interested in continually refining it...but they have no vehicle or momentum, since untempered Gnome 3 fever has completely overtaken the leadership of the Gnome project.

My multiple choice "satisfaction" responses may appear misleading given I'm still using Gnome 2.x, because I'm actually very satisfied with it. It's Gnome 3 that I can't stand, but that represents the current state and direction of the project...and soon I will have few options for using Gnome 2. I have a few quibbles about the Gnome 2.x interface, and Nautilus is unspeakably slow compared to Thunar (or Microsoft Explorer for that matter), but I don't expect perfection. Gnome 2.x is simple, functional, themable, and pretty, and it doesn't get in my way. It actually lets me do work, and it let's me do work efficiently.

The traditional desktop metaphor with customizable, unobtrusive panels has been used for so long because it's functional and no-nonsense. It allows users to quickly access applications, places, and system settings on equal footing, without placing undue cell phone-esque emphasis on applications and launchers. Cell phones and tablets place such emphasis on application launching for two reasons: First, they are limited devices meant for communication, entertainment, and very light work...not serious data-oriented work. Second: Most of them are walled gardens, and the focus on apps (and non-local corporate data storage) reinforces the garden walls. Of course Apple will embrace that mentality. So will Microsoft (Windows 8, anyone?). Free software may be the final refuge of real computing, and the day free software takes its interface design cues from the iPhone, iPad, or iAnythingInfluencedByTheFormer is the day we start boxing ourselves in.

Gnome 2.x allows me to use the desktop as more than a mere launcher or pretty background: It's a folder which integrates almost seamlessly with Nautilus (or any other file manager), and I can use it as temporary "working storage" for files I want quick and easy access to at the moment. It's not permanent categorized storage, but it serves as a staging area for my thoughts/tasks/parcels/work/etc. that I can organize later...like a real, physical desktop. We leave physical space on our desks for more than just our tools (e.g. notebook stack and pens) and the project we're currently working on; the randomly strewn post-it-notes and hot chocolate mug and several stacks of unread papers (which can be saved until tomorrow, with no need to clean off the desk) all serve their purpose too. Gnome 2.x lets me interact with my computer work as comfortably as I interact with my paper work.

However, Gnome 2.x is dead, and going anywhere else requires steep compromises. KDE? There's a reason I chose Gnome in the first place. Xfce is pretty no-nonsense, but it treats the desktop as a launcher and menu area rather than a first-class folder...which doesn't work for me. There are a few spartan alternatives like LXDE, but nothing really matches the full-featured simplicity of Gnome 2...and merrily the Gnome team goes, off with Unity into candy-sprinkled unicorn fairy land.

4977: Listen to current users not just potential ones
Remember that users will have to use whatever you release, not some future vision of how it is supposed to be when you fix it, act accordingly
Desktops are going away for users (tablets mobile and all), but most of the development work is still being done on the Desktop, so in the future most of the people using Gnome on the desktop will be using it for Work and Business which means that some customizations preferences and settings should still be accessible and not hidden, because some hypothetical user does not need to see them.

4978: 1) fix the memory leaks for Christ's sake! gnome-shell (still) chews on my RAM every second (gnome 3.2)
2) give us more control over the indicators; I, for one, don't need the Accessibility icon there; give us some means to disable stuff we don't want/use, other that tweaks and hacks (e.q. Gnome Tweak Tool)
3) also it would be nice to have all the settings in one place, and that includes tweak-tool, online accounts, etc; I don't think anyone needs loads of "settings" apps floating around

nothing besides the ones already mentioned above ("change three things in GNOME")

4979: more easily customised GNOME 3
better documentation on how GNOME 3 can be customised

see question 22

4980: gnome-shell is not friendly as it should be, there is still a lot of work in usability
create simple office suite (such as iWork, iCak, Mail, Addressbook) and push it to users
vala is great! create coherent API (such as Cocoa) and push it to developers

be perfectionist!

4981: Lower hardware deps would be nice

4982: 1. I would like GNOME to use space more efficiently. Especially when using just one, maximised window I would like to have more screen space (like Unity :) ). When using non-maximised windows, I don't care as much.

2. I feel there is too big a disconnect between de theme of shell and of regular windows. I don't know if this is an in-between thing or if it was deliberate. I'm sorry to bring up Unity again (I don't like it as much as I like GNOME3), but there the shell and the regular windows feel better integrated.

3. Nothing.

4983: 1 - add more customisation options to the system settings menu.

2 - only show "system settings" in the menu - it's redundant to have icons for (almost) every option/subsection.

3 - if not that, bring back the "System" submenu in gnome-panel

I really like how GNOME panel now adds panel applets in a fixed alignment (makes things easier when I connect my laptop to an external monitor), though do not like the fact the panel configuration is now accessed with an alt-click.

4984: 1) Sort out the mess of applications in the activities menu
2) Remove the need for extensions to configure basic parts of the desktop
3) Prioritize getting missing features from GNOME2 to GNOME3

4985: 1) I would dump version 3 and go back to version 2 of Gnome. Version 2 was the perfect desktop for me.

2) Better terminal (console) support.

3) Make an easy way to completely reset Gnome, should anything go wrong.

Keep on trying. It is always trying that counts!

4986: A proper shutdown menu
Make the alt+tab work like it did in 2.x
Desktop icons
More gnome-do like funcionality when hitting the Super key (open urls, folders, logoff, poweroff, reboot, close windows, open files, etc...)
A better default theme (the current white one hurts my eyes)

Don't believe blindly you know your design is awesome, be open to criticism and allow for some customization or be faced with a mass departure of the user base.

4987: Better finding recent documents in all applications
More beautiful
Easier bug reporting

Don't listen to the haters. You guys and gals are awesome.

4988: 1/ Desktop: Integrate Thunderbird on the same level as Evolution (at least calendar). Empathy should import logs from Pidgin.
2/ Coding: Python as GNOME scripting language. Create gnomesnippets.org and show good examples of scripting GNOME with Python.
3/ Web/Cloud: Make GNOME use network services without being dependent on them. GNOME must be free.

Full respect, big kudos!

4989: 1. Listen to your users, stop ignoring them
2. My computer is a computer, not a cell phone. Stop trying to make it look like a cell phone.
3. Return to the basics that made GNOME great. The 3.x series thus far is a train wreck.

see above

4990: bottom baner than in window with wiev of document
I work with a lot oppen document - something to beter changing between document

I woud like similar baner like in win7 with show small windox of open document

4991: 1. When I use "Window Selector", sometimes it shows the list of windows for each workspace (preferred), but most often it lists all windows together, and I've never understood why it randomly switches between these two modes (but I've never bothered to try to understand why).

You've created a great windowing environment.

4992: STOP GNOME-SHELL WAY
GIVE BACK THE CLASSIC INTERFACE
GIVE BACK THE CUSTOMIZE OPTIONS

4993: MORE customization, the ugly black and grey look, A taskbar without an extension.

Gnome 3 has a long way to go. I understand it is just in its infancy. However, I may have to go with XFCE until much more customization is available and settings that used to be available in gnome 2 are back. Why no screensavers, why are the power settings so lacking?

4994: Stop assuming your users are stupid.
Give back choice and flexability
Strop trying to be OSX, if I wanted Apple, I'd buy Apple.

Existing code is rock-solid, and does what it does well.

You seem to be producing Gnome for this mythical "Neophyte User", whereas your actual user-base are very technical and competent people. With each new Gnome iteration (and I'm been using since v1) you take away feature after feature. That's not how it should be. You're taking the fun away.

4995: More settings and options available

4996: Better Window Management
Bring back the taskbar
Bring back the taskbar

There are some positives with gnome 3 but it is the first time in 6 years I have not upgraded all my PC's to the latest version of gnome - I still prefer gnome 2.x

4997: add a global menu like unity

4998: "IF" Gnome is partially or wholly responsible for problems with certain Intel and Nvidia chipsets in some of my Dell laptops, I would like to see improvements in that area. I've found stability workarounds, but video performance (I don't do gaming) isn't very good...

Keep up the great work!

4999: i would bring back the gnome 2 on the ui level, apis needed the change, but the pulled the complete kde!

i just want them to understand that leave the desktop alone; window icon menu pointer is all i want, just add speed.

5000: I have performance issues, I never had in GNOME 2, but thats more owed to my hardware I think. At least the performance is better then in Unity. So that's OK.

No - keep up the good work.