GNOME Shell 2.91.90 released

Posted Feb 24, 2011 20:55 UTC (Thu) by cyd (guest, #4153)
Parent article: GNOME Shell 2.91.90 released

> Remove minimize and maximize buttons from the titlebar

I'm trying to keep an open mind, but removing the minimize button sounds like catastrophically bad judgment. How exactly is one supposed to temporarily dismiss a window? By shuffling it around to other parts of the desktop and/or another workspace? Yeah, that sounds a lot easier than clicking on a "minimize" button *rolls eyes*.

GNOME Shell 2.91.90 released

Posted Feb 24, 2011 22:46 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

I'm trying to keep an open mind, but removing the minimize button sounds like catastrophically bad judgment.

Indeed. I use minimize and maximize a lot. In fact, I use them so frequently I have them bound to keys (the exact same F-keys that the ancient SunView windowing system used in 1990... talk about imprinting!)

But I use XFCE, an environment designed to let you get things done rather than GNOME or KDE which seem designed to annoy the hell out of you while their creators fiddle about with dumb UI concepts...

GNOME Shell 2.91.90 released

Posted Feb 24, 2011 22:53 UTC (Thu) by jthill (subscriber, #56558) [Link] (2 responses)

Window menu's still there, right? So alt-space, "N" should still work.

GNOME Shell 2.91.90 released

Posted Feb 25, 2011 17:12 UTC (Fri) by cyd (guest, #4153) [Link] (1 responses)

For better or worse, every computer user knows what a minimize button is and what it does. Replacing it with a cryptic key combination turns Gnome's goal of usability into a joke.

GNOME Shell 2.91.90 released

Posted Feb 25, 2011 18:48 UTC (Fri) by jthill (subscriber, #56558) [Link]

I actually quit on gnome because I got tired of trying to make it do what I want. The phrase that sticks in my mind from the linked email is "the GNOME 3 workflow". That says to me it's far from a joke: they're going down Apple's road.

More power to'em, it's a worthy effort, but the thing about limiting people's choices is you have to be right.

So I pretty much agree with you. The alt-space, "N" remark was just answering your question.