Development quote of the week

Posted Feb 22, 2021 14:48 UTC (Mon) by mattdm (subscriber, #18)
In reply to: Development quote of the week by ras
Parent article: Development quote of the week

Is that the right level to make this comparison? After all, you can replace GNOME.

Development quote of the week

Posted Feb 22, 2021 20:58 UTC (Mon) by ras (subscriber, #33059) [Link] (1 responses)

> Is that the right level to make this comparison? After all, you can replace GNOME.

I'm not sure who you are addressing this to but it should be the OP, not me. He was the one that drew the comparison between Gnome and Android. I got the impression his reply to "Gnome is not very customisable" is "well Android isn't either". That would seem to be wrong to me, as Android allows a user to replace it's main UI element, the launcher.

In fact if Gnome let you replace it's main UI element which happens to also be it's launcher (the titlebar and it's Activities thingy) with something more taskbar like I'd be happy with it too. The rest of Gnome does look to be pretty customisable (ie, user replaceable) to me.

Development quote of the week

Posted Feb 22, 2021 22:03 UTC (Mon) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861) [Link]

I'm not sure what you are looking for but there are various extensions that will customize the top panel. The Activities menu can be disabled with tweak tool (I have all those left-side menus turned off) and you can add stuff to the panel; one of my favorite extensions is "panel favourites" from frippery. I also add a system monitor to my top panel. You can also put in a separate bottom panel with a list of windows if that's what you mean.

However, I'm not sure if you can convert the top panel to have a window list. The center clock / updates app doesn't seem so moveable (but I've not really looked into it). This doesn't bother me because I've never really found window lists useful, even back when every desktop had them: I use ALT-Tab or even the HUD and that works for me (I know others have different tastes).