I've never used the default panel configuration. I use a single, skinny, left-aligned panel. I replace the default icon+text 3 section menu with the single ico

I've never used the default panel configuration. I use a single, skinny, left-aligned panel. I replace the default icon+text 3 section menu with the single icon GNOME menu. I replace the window list with Talika. It makes it similar to windows7. The only other thing in my panel is wireless, recycling, time. I use no shortcuts or pinned items. Instead I access everything using Gnome-DO. edit: on topic of actual changes I noticed\like I think the show desktop key might have been changed from CTRL+ALT+D to CMD+D