GNOME Shell's Layout Being Improved For Smaller Displays
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I have 3:2 display on a tablet and GNOME layout always was broken - with micro icons and three letter labels. Surprisingly I tried KDE 6 and it worked even better on touchscreen than I expected.
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Well okay, progress.
But a overall question: most people use FullHD or even 4K and GNOME wants to be a desktop operating system (I guess). Why is so much time spent optimizing small displays and even smartphones when the normal size desktop doesn't really feel right, especially on large displays? Unfortunately, the overly simple operating concept gets in the way of normal (mouse) users. You have to click and scroll like crazy.
Managing background apps? Meh. Always show the dock, even on the left or right? Ask Ubuntu. Flexible app grid for large displays? Why? Why does it feel like they want to gradually compete with Android? What's the point of these nested menus to turn off the computer - there should be visual buttons on the first level (because you turn off a computer more often than a smartphone).
I would like to have a nice and simple system for everyone that fits exactly where it currently belongs: As a free alternative to Windows and perhaps in the Chromebook niche and on the simple workplace where you primarily work on the web. And actually they would have been a far better system for Steam Deck... Simple is good, but overly simple doesn't work either.
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I applaud this work. My old Lenovo with the last of the AMD Fusion SoCs , the Excavator based Bristol Ridge, has a display that only tops out at the resolution mentioned in the article.
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Originally posted by mxan View PostThis wasn’t a problem in GNOME 3.38, it was broken in GNOME 40 onwards. Good to see it’s finally being fixed.
As much as I like GNOME, the horizontal layout change of GNOME ≥ 40 has been nothing but a disappointment.Last edited by intelfx; 04 May 2024, 09:49 AM.
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This wasn’t a problem in GNOME 3.38, it was broken in GNOME 40 onwards. Good to see it’s finally being fixed.
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Writing this article was probably more effort than the allow-icon-size-change it is about.
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