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extension is INCOMPATIBLE with current GNOME version (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason I don't use Gnome is because it's only usable after you've installed a bunch of extensions yet after every update, half the extensions are always broken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. I don't understand why it is the most popular desktop on Linux. It's like the Windows 8 of Linux GUIs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand how you could say it's like Windows 8? I don't really see any meaningful similarities. Gnome is very much just its own thing.

It's the other DEs that are like windows. Start button bottom left that opens a cramped app menu. Taskbar on bottom. Clock on bottom right. Minimise, maximise, close buttons on the top right of each program. The Win95 UX paradigm, basically.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

GNOME feels to me like it's designed for a tablet, not a keyboard and mouse. That's part of why I don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gnome is extremely keyboard focused. Less so mouse, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't like desktop GUIs that aren't designed for a mouse and make you memorize keyboard shortcuts to be usable. Keyboard shortcuts are nice to have but shouldn't be mandatory, IMO.

That's why I prefer KDE and XFCE.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It is designed for a mouse, and they don't make you memorise keyboard shortcuts. It's very usable. It's not mandatory.

I really don't know where you're getting this from.

First you say it's tablet-focused, then you switch to saying it's solely keyboard-focused?

You can prefer Win95 UX all you want, nobody is stopping you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

First you say it's tablet-focused, then you switch to saying it's solely keyboard-focused?

It looks to me like it's designed for a tablet, and its fans tell me it's designed around keyboard shortcuts. I hate it.