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GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 19:58 UTC (Wed) by Zizzle (guest, #67739)
In reply to: GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode by Company
Parent article: GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

>3: fucked up autocoplete with "awesome bar"

Never had a problem with autocomplete not working.

> 4: messed up UI

Wow, detailed and scathing criticism there.

Maybe I will use that gem on the next GNOME release.

> 6: fucked up the location bar by making stuff gray

Yep, surely that is on par with GNOME3 removing the ability to change the font size, or minimize windows or getting rid of the task bar.

Or the hideous and unchangeable and largely useless black bar across the top of the screen.

> 7: broke copy/paste from location bar

Sounds like a bug more than an intentional design change. Never experienced it here though.

> 8: needs manual fudging for add-ons

Sorry I forgot Gnome extensions are fully supported and always work perfectly.

> 9: messed up UI again

Wow once again, such constructive criticism.

> 10: removed forward arrow

Hmmm... I have a forward arrow here.

> 13: added the horrendous "home tab"

Easily disabled since you know, they actually support user preferences.

> 15: suddenly auto-updates without asking

Which is bad why?

But the GNOME3 defense is now - "Others make crappy software so we can too".


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GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:12 UTC (Wed) by Company (guest, #57006) [Link]

I get it. Firefox is exempt from having to be parallel-installable because you like it the way it is. GNOME isn't because the current version isn't to your liking.

Tip: Do your own distro, it can come with all your favorite versions of all your favorite software!

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:34 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Debian for a time had firefox3 and firefox2 (or "iceweasel", as they call it). Now distros just don't bother with this, but it surely was possible.

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:17 UTC (Wed) by drago01 (subscriber, #50715) [Link]

> Yep, surely that is on par with GNOME3 removing the ability to change the
font size, or minimize windows or getting rid of the task bar.

1) You can still change the font size
2) You can re enable that feature
3) There is an extension available for that

> Sounds like a bug more than an intentional design change. Never experienced it here though.

He probably means the hiding of the "http" and adding it to the pasted url even though it wasn't part of the copied url.

> Easily disabled ...

So now changing options is acceptable? (see the 3 points above).

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 20:40 UTC (Wed) by Zizzle (guest, #67739) [Link]

> So now changing options is acceptable? (see the 3 points above).

Seriously? You had to (still do?) need to install a separate tool search through and hack the registry.

Not the same as opening a preferences dialog.

You guys just cannot concede anything. GNOME3.0 was perfect.

GNOME Shell to support a "classic" mode

Posted Nov 21, 2012 23:55 UTC (Wed) by drago01 (subscriber, #50715) [Link]

> Seriously?

Yes.

> You had to (still do?) need to install a separate tool

Yes.

> search through and hack the registry.

No you have to just to click on a few buttons in said tool ... not exactly rocket science.

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