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How is that ? They don't let you use Gnome 2.x so in fact they are using the same strategy that Ubuntu is using: forcing users to use what they what them to us

How is that ? They don't let you use Gnome 2.x so in fact they are using the same strategy that Ubuntu is using: forcing users to use what they what them to use. You also can easily switch to Gnome 3 on Ubuntu. At least there is a "classic mode" on Ubuntu. Gnome guys were the ones that behave wrong here, with their pride, they changed a lot of things(in a wrong way) and did not let their users to vote giving them the option to use it. E.g I need compiz cube, when you give a talk people watching need to know what you did with the screen. Every time I talked with devs about it they say that "you don't really need that, it is a flashy thing". Sorry I need it way more than "auto logging on IMs". The new "cube equivalent" both on gnome and Unity crash on my computers.

darklajid 15y ago
No one is forced to use anything. Two companies offer a ~primary~ (ignoring Kubuntu, Xubuntu et al and you can get KDE etc. on Fedora as well) desktop experience. You take it or leave it. For some the difference is that one offers something created in-house while the others offer something created in public. Fedora 15 has a classic mode. I'm not sure about 16, but I'd expect the same. You could replace the sentence about Gnome with one putting Canonical/Ubuntu as a subject and it would be just as misplaced and just as (..) correct. You are really the first guy (no kidding) that I heard describing the spinning cube as a worthy feature. I don't understand your usecase, but you have to agree that you're in a minority here, no?
- Skalman 15y ago
  I think it's a wonderful use case, even though I'd be too annoyed to use it. When somebody else is looking at your screen and you quickly switch desktops, they might not understand what's happening. The cube shows what's you've done quite clearly.
- Rusky 15y ago
  In any case, both Unity and Gnome Shell still have animations when switching between workspaces. You shouldn't specifically need the cube.
rbanffy 15y ago
There is a "classic" mode in Gnome 3 as well. It appears to me it didn't receive much love, but it's functional.
- bkor 15y ago
  It takes a lot of effort to keep the fallback mode working. I don't see how you think it didn't receive much development work. Loads of work went into the 3.0 fallback mode, and the same for 3.2. It doesn't appear to be used much though, so when the software rendering is good enough, it likely will be removed.

darklajid 15y ago

No one is forced to use anything. Two companies offer a ~primary~ (ignoring Kubuntu, Xubuntu et al and you can get KDE etc. on Fedora as well) desktop experience. You take it or leave it. For some the difference is that one offers something created in-house while the others offer something created in public. Fedora 15 has a classic mode. I'm not sure about 16, but I'd expect the same. You could replace the sentence about Gnome with one putting Canonical/Ubuntu as a subject and it would be just as misplaced and just as (..) correct. You are really the first guy (no kidding) that I heard describing the spinning cube as a worthy feature. I don't understand your usecase, but you have to agree that you're in a minority here, no?

Skalman 15y ago
I think it's a wonderful use case, even though I'd be too annoyed to use it. When somebody else is looking at your screen and you quickly switch desktops, they might not understand what's happening. The cube shows what's you've done quite clearly.
Rusky 15y ago
In any case, both Unity and Gnome Shell still have animations when switching between workspaces. You shouldn't specifically need the cube.

rbanffy 15y ago

There is a "classic" mode in Gnome 3 as well. It appears to me it didn't receive much love, but it's functional.

bkor 15y ago
It takes a lot of effort to keep the fallback mode working. I don't see how you think it didn't receive much development work. Loads of work went into the 3.0 fallback mode, and the same for 3.2. It doesn't appear to be used much though, so when the software rendering is good enough, it likely will be removed.