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GNOME 3.10 ReleasedGNOME 3.10 ReleasedPosted Sep 25, 2013 20:46 UTC (Wed) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698)Parent article: GNOME 3.10 Released
The description of the new "Integrated System Status" says that it now "only displays information that you care about". That's a complete crock. Before, it only displayed information that I cared about. Now it displays everything, even when I only care about one thing. Before, I could click on the network icon, and only see network stuff, and I didn't need to select a submenu to see other Wifi networks.
Now basically the same set of icons is displayed, but they're mashed into a single menu instead of being separate. I completely fail to see how this is an improvement.
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GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 25, 2013 20:58 UTC (Wed) by jonabbey (subscriber, #2736) [Link]
They're following the trend in Android notification / configuration centers, making it so one swipe / mouse click gives you access to everything.
On touch-navigated phones with limited real estate, it makes a lot of sense. Not so sure about on desktop screens.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 25, 2013 21:24 UTC (Wed) by Otus (guest, #67685) [Link]
Can I open it with a single key? On my tablet I often open the popup just for checking exact battery level, which network I'm connected to or what the date is. If I got all that without having to move my mouse it might be useful.
Although most of that could just be visible all the time on a large screen, of course.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 25, 2013 21:38 UTC (Wed) by lkundrak (subscriber, #43452) [Link]
Seconded. I got exactly the same feelings. It looks like way too complicated and still I can't pick a wireless network there.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 25, 2013 22:01 UTC (Wed) by treitter (subscriber, #56256) [Link]
"only displays information that you care about" is referring to the fact that it only shows icons at the top and options within the menu that are relevant to your hardware, available networks, etc. So, if you don't have a Bluetooth adapter in your machine, you won't see a Bluetooth icon at the top or the option to pair a new Bluetooth device from the menu.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 25, 2013 22:56 UTC (Wed) by josh (subscriber, #17465) [Link]
I like the new integrated menu, with one notable exception: it used to provide quick access to sound settings, with which I could change per-application volumes or move audio to a headset. From the screenshots, it looks like the new menu no longer provides that functionality.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 26, 2013 1:26 UTC (Thu) by ebassi (subscriber, #54855) [Link] there's an entire blog post with the design iterations and motivations.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 26, 2013 7:10 UTC (Thu) by Rehdon (guest, #45440) [Link]
It seems to me that, aiming at over-simplification as usual, they managed to produce exactly the opposite result: items of very different nature (system prefs, hardware and network status, system actions) are conflated in a single menu so that the user has to hunt the desired information while before you simply had to look for the corresponding icon on the status bar.
Already confusing clutter as is IMHO, but wait until you also have Bluetooth, Dropbox and more stuff crammed into that menu.
This judging from the release notes screenshot, ofc, since I don't have GNOME installed on any of my boxes.
Rehdon
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