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I can't tell you how happy I am to see convergence dying. My desktop is not just a big phone and people put out some atrocious user interfaces in the name of "c

I can't tell you how happy I am to see convergence dying. My desktop is not just a big phone and people put out some atrocious user interfaces in the name of "convergence". WRT to unity, at least it's improved. Ubuntu w/ unity currently has the best multi-monitor multi-dpi user experience I've seen on linux. I have a retina laptop with 2 external displays and ubuntu unity is the only thing that just works out of the box.

gurkendoktor 10y ago
> My desktop is not just a big phone and people put out some atrocious user interfaces in the name of "convergence". I agree. Sadly, GNOME's huge controls also seem to be optimised for touch screens. There are several semi-maintained hacks to reduce the padding throughout the DE: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVt04mk52I/AAAAAAAAEGw/AiOPnwu8KaM/s2000/gnome_3__adwaita_improved_by_half_left-d3eqzhx.png https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVt04mk52I/A... It's a mess. I wish GNOME just automatically looked like the bottom screenshot when there's no touch screen connected.
- Spivak 10y ago
  Blame the theme for that one. It a legitimate gripe since it's the default but themes like Arc and Numix greatly tone it down.
- Kostic 10y ago
  That's a realy old screenshot. GNOME 3 doesn't look like that anymore[1]. [1]https://people.gnome.org/~engagement/screenshots/gnome-3-24-screenshots.zip https://people.gnome.org/~engagement/screenshots/gnome-3-24-...
  - shanemhansen 10y ago
    Random nit: is it just me or is the font rendering pretty terrible in the "web" screenshot?
    - symlinkk 10y ago
      Font rendering is entirely up to how you configure it. Install GNOME Tweak Tool and go to Fonts. Keep in mind that different settings will look better on different monitors. But try setting Hinting to Slight and Antialiasing to RGBA. After a reboot the settings will take effect.
  - gurkendoktor 10y ago
    I am on GNOME 3.22 and the title bars are still crazy - look at the Night Light screenshot for example. Most GNOME apps look great because they titlebar is actually a toolbar, but I spend most of my time in portable third-party apps which have large, empty titlebars. This is the one thing I immediately envy when I see a Unity screenshot.
kefka 10y ago
But it's not convergence. It's making the look and feel, and some APIs similar enough someone could target multiple machines. I want convergence. Real bloody convergence. I want to hook my laptop's /dev and /sys , port applications over to my phone, continue using them, until I get to work, and then expand them back out there. And all the while, they would never quit, halt, freeze, or die. Or I want to be able to collaborate on a program, send it to a buddy, have them work on it, and then get it back.

gurkendoktor 10y ago

> My desktop is not just a big phone and people put out some atrocious user interfaces in the name of "convergence". I agree. Sadly, GNOME's huge controls also seem to be optimised for touch screens. There are several semi-maintained hacks to reduce the padding throughout the DE: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVt04mk52I/AAAAAAAAEGw/AiOPnwu8KaM/s2000/gnome_3__adwaita_improved_by_half_left-d3eqzhx.png https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_1QSDkzYY2vc/TbVt04mk52I/A... It's a mess. I wish GNOME just automatically looked like the bottom screenshot when there's no touch screen connected.

Spivak 10y ago
Blame the theme for that one. It a legitimate gripe since it's the default but themes like Arc and Numix greatly tone it down.
Kostic 10y ago
That's a realy old screenshot. GNOME 3 doesn't look like that anymore[1]. [1]https://people.gnome.org/~engagement/screenshots/gnome-3-24-screenshots.zip https://people.gnome.org/~engagement/screenshots/gnome-3-24-...
- shanemhansen 10y ago
  Random nit: is it just me or is the font rendering pretty terrible in the "web" screenshot?
  - symlinkk 10y ago
    Font rendering is entirely up to how you configure it. Install GNOME Tweak Tool and go to Fonts. Keep in mind that different settings will look better on different monitors. But try setting Hinting to Slight and Antialiasing to RGBA. After a reboot the settings will take effect.
- gurkendoktor 10y ago
  I am on GNOME 3.22 and the title bars are still crazy - look at the Night Light screenshot for example. Most GNOME apps look great because they titlebar is actually a toolbar, but I spend most of my time in portable third-party apps which have large, empty titlebars. This is the one thing I immediately envy when I see a Unity screenshot.

kefka 10y ago

But it's not convergence. It's making the look and feel, and some APIs similar enough someone could target multiple machines. I want convergence. Real bloody convergence. I want to hook my laptop's /dev and /sys , port applications over to my phone, continue using them, until I get to work, and then expand them back out there. And all the while, they would never quit, halt, freeze, or die. Or I want to be able to collaborate on a program, send it to a buddy, have them work on it, and then get it back.