On 04/07/2014 04:53 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>> >Don't bother.
>>> That bad, huh?
>>>
>>
>> No, but if you have the option...
>>
>> I don't want my PC/Laptop to pretend it is an android device.
>
> This appears to be the way everything is heading, though.
>
> When we updated all our stuff to OpenSUSE 12.2, we found that it comes
> with GNOME 3, which is basically just like GNOME 2, except designed to
> only work on a Tablet. So that means only one window visible at once
> (unless you go out of your way to force it to not do that for each
> window you open), lots of scrolly menus, and half the buttons missing.
>
> It's astonishing how many of the plugins for GNOME 3 are there to add
> back all the features they took out. Stuff like a minimise button on the
> windows, a list of open windows (without having to open a context menu
> to see it), program launch icons on the main screen (again, without
> having to open a context menu to get at them), and so on.
>
> Of course, any time anyone changes anything, half the userbase wants it
> back the way it was. But no, the astonishing thing is the number of
> plugins that have been written given that NOT ONE SINGLE SHRED OF
> DOCUMENTATION exists for how to do this. (Did I mention that the entire
> shell is now written in JavaScript, and a "plugin" is nothing other than
> JavaScript for live-patching the running shell??)
>
> I suppose it's inevitable; the mobile device market is larger than the
> dekstop market can ever hope to be. It is thus for more profitable. But
> as a computer expert who wants to actually, you know, USE A COMPUTER
> (and not just surf Facebook), I think all this terribly annoying...

have you tired KDE instead?

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