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Personally I need some of what you call clutter to be more productive. The GNOME top bar is wasted real estate because it shows nothing other than the time and
by approxim8ion 5y ago
Personally I need some of what you call clutter to be more productive. The GNOME top bar is wasted real estate because it shows nothing other than the time and basic controls. I prefer something close to GNOME2 where there are 2 panels. The top panel has my workspaces on the left and the time-date indicator and system tray on the right. The bottom panel exclusively has the open tasks on it.
Is it ugly and cluttered? possibly, but that's subjective. But do I need all of it? I think so.
- lbhdc 5y agoI am not sure if its a default include in gnome or if its a default from my distro (fedora), but my gnome install ships with an extension to enable the bottom bar.
- approxim8ion 5y agodash-to-dock and dash-to-panel do that, I guess, but they are extra extensions, yes.
- Mikeb85 5y agoExtensions can add all those things. Personally, I live in my browser and editor, so don't do a ton of switching between more than 2 apps at once (and often just have each on half the screen). Also I like the thin top bar. Less wasted space than a thick bar like Windows or KDE.
- approxim8ion 5y agoYou're right, but extensions can also break when GNOME is updated. I'm personally more comfortable when the functionality is "baked into" or natively supported by the DE.