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  • #21
    Originally posted by prodigy_ View Post
    They brought it on themselves when they discontinued Gnome 2 to release this abomination. And as for "given enough eyeballs", I seriously doubt that anyone in their right mind uses Gnome 3, much less people who could actually fix bugs in it. Much like Unity it's a total train wreck of a DE that has nothing to offer except "shiny" (read: monstrously ugly) UI, zero productivity and near zero configurability.
    Hmm, I actually find Gnome 3 quite usable. It's my preferred DE over KDE, Xfce, Unity, LXDE and even MacOS X and I am quite productive in it. To each his own, I guess.

    I do agree there are some bugs. None of them are showstoppers, though (IMO)

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    • #22
      Originally posted by Tgui View Post
      Serious question, what doens't work well for you? Whats missing?
      Well, let's just say I switched to KDE when suddenly (after an update) I needed to create a template file to be able to right-click->new->empty file.

      For more see http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198

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      • #23
        Originally posted by Tgui
        Serious question, what doens't work well for you? Whats missing?
        Minor:
        * Unable to remove entries from the 'Places' sidebar (the option is always greyed out).
        * The window has a 'View' and 'Edit' menu, but the 'File' menu is in the topbar - pick one style please.
        * To enter a location you have to go to the top bar menu, but there should be a way of triggering the location entry bar from the path buttons - even Windows Explorer can manage this.
        * The status bar is transitory, and doesn't show you the size of directories nor the free space.

        Major:
        * If an operation requires elevated privileges, Nautilus does not show a password prompt - you just have to give up and use the command line. I'm not sure if any other file manager can do this, but it's ludicrous that in 2014 I have use a command prompt to paste an icon into /usr/share so everyone can see it...

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        • #24
          Originally posted by prodigy_ View Post
          They brought it on themselves when they discontinued Gnome 2 to release this abomination. And as for "given enough eyeballs", I seriously doubt that anyone in their right mind uses Gnome 3, much less people who could actually fix bugs in it. Much like Unity it's a total train wreck of a DE that has nothing to offer except "shiny" (read: monstrously ugly) UI, zero productivity and near zero configurability.
          I absolutely agree with you.

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          • #25
            Originally posted by mdias View Post
            Well, let's just say I switched to KDE when suddenly (after an update) I needed to create a template file to be able to right-click->new->empty file.

            For more see http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198
            Yeouch! Reason enough!!

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            • #26
              Originally posted by cbamber85 View Post
              Minor:
              * Unable to remove entries from the 'Places' sidebar (the option is always greyed out).
              * The window has a 'View' and 'Edit' menu, but the 'File' menu is in the topbar - pick one style please.
              * To enter a location you have to go to the top bar menu, but there should be a way of triggering the location entry bar from the path buttons - even Windows Explorer can manage this.
              * The status bar is transitory, and doesn't show you the size of directories nor the free space.

              Major:
              * If an operation requires elevated privileges, Nautilus does not show a password prompt - you just have to give up and use the command line. I'm not sure if any other file manager can do this, but it's ludicrous that in 2014 I have use a command prompt to paste an icon into /usr/share so everyone can see it...
              Good points as well. Thank you!

              I suppose I'm not a Nautilus power user. I tend to just pop open a terminal.

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              • #27
                +1 as a user of Gnome 3, I generally find the interface quite pleasant to use. For some reason I have never liked the look of KDE but will certainly admit it's a great DE in it's own right, just not for me. I love the Gnome 3/Unity style of using the Super/Windows key to bring up an overview of everything and typing to find applications. At first it took me a bit of time to get used to it but once I did I found my productivity improved immensely. Gnome 3 isn't perfect by any means but so far it's my favorite of Gnome, KDE and Unity.

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by Tgui View Post
                  Yeouch! Reason enough!!
                  If you'd read my previous posts, you'd be able to understand that was only the tipping point, not the sole reason.

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by cbamber85 View Post
                    Minor:
                    * To enter a location you have to go to the top bar menu, but there should be a way of triggering the location entry bar from the path buttons - even Windows Explorer can manage this.
                    You can do CTRL-L and type the URI for where you want to go in the location bar. Is that what you wanted to do?

                    * The status bar is transitory, and doesn't show you the size of directories nor the free space.
                    Each to their own I guess, but I actually like that it behaves like that. If you need the amount of free space, you can right click on Home in places and select properties.

                    * If an operation requires elevated privileges, Nautilus does not show a password prompt - you just have to give up and use the command line. I'm not sure if any other file manager can do this, but it's ludicrous that in 2014 I have use a command prompt to paste an icon into /usr/share so everyone can see it...
                    Yes, this would be a very nice feature. Have you opened a bug report on that?


                    On the topic, I really like GNOME3. It is the first ever environment where I have never felt the need to customize anything to have it working as I want it. My only tweaks are choice of background image, and having the date shown in the top bar.

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by TemplarGR View Post
                      Gnome 3 can be used for productivity, if one gets used to it.
                      Originally posted by Azpegath View Post
                      I also agree with you that Gnome 3 is quite nice to work in after a while of getting used to it.
                      And that is the point. Why should you have to adapt to the GUI? It is the GUI's job to adapt to your workflow.

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