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You can't throw a stick around here without hitting someone who has tried Unity and hated it Maybe, but I, and a good number of other people really like it. Th

You can't throw a stick around here without hitting someone who has tried Unity and hated it Maybe, but I, and a good number of other people really like it. There's sizable support for unity, and my guess is a lot of non-power users (who are silent on HN) like it even more.

bluedanieru 15y ago
Fair enough. What I'm getting at though is that if it doesn't work, we're probably stuck with it anyway. If it turns out that some people like it, but most don't, and that in the typical case it's turning people off Ubuntu rather than on to it, I suspect that isn't going to matter. It's a pet project, in other words.
- mtts 15y ago
  I'm guessing that if it turns out that most people really don't like it, as opposed to merely most of the people that complain about it on the internet, it will in fact matter.
silon3 15y ago
I'm a power user and I like it, except for application centric alt+tab and top menu bar. That is a non-starter for me. Going to use something else.
- morsch 15y ago
  It's easy to disable the global menu bar (though I haven't tried it myself, so caveat emptor). E.g. see http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-install... sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt Had to disable it for Firefox the other day, and it's really annoying to have to go back to a window-hosted menu bar. I guess I really ought to get a mac.
- mtts 15y ago
  I hated application centric alt+tab when I first started using OSX but after a few days I got used to it. Now I prefer it.
  - com 15y ago
    I think the nice thing for me is that it creates a hierarchical method of finding my next activity - app > window > tab The MS Windows-specific alt+tab model means way too many things to choose from without context. What I'd love in Mac OS X is a standard way that I could drill in - with enough context - using keyboard short cuts to window and then tab level. Perhaps something like that exists, but I haven't found the consistent way of doing it yet!
    - silon3 15y ago
      For me, it's essential that I can fluidly switch between last 2-3 or even 4 windows, no matter what they are. (I regularly move tabs into new window in firefox when I need to do this).
- kablamo 15y ago
  For those that don't like it, the alt+tab behavior can be changed back to the traditional style in the CompizConfig Settings Manager. Try using the static workspace switcher.

bluedanieru 15y ago

Fair enough. What I'm getting at though is that if it doesn't work, we're probably stuck with it anyway. If it turns out that some people like it, but most don't, and that in the typical case it's turning people off Ubuntu rather than on to it, I suspect that isn't going to matter. It's a pet project, in other words.

mtts 15y ago
I'm guessing that if it turns out that most people really don't like it, as opposed to merely most of the people that complain about it on the internet, it will in fact matter.

silon3 15y ago

I'm a power user and I like it, except for application centric alt+tab and top menu bar. That is a non-starter for me. Going to use something else.

morsch 15y ago
It's easy to disable the global menu bar (though I haven't tried it myself, so caveat emptor). E.g. see http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-install... sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt Had to disable it for Firefox the other day, and it's really annoying to have to go back to a window-hosted menu bar. I guess I really ought to get a mac.
mtts 15y ago
I hated application centric alt+tab when I first started using OSX but after a few days I got used to it. Now I prefer it.
- com 15y ago
  I think the nice thing for me is that it creates a hierarchical method of finding my next activity - app > window > tab The MS Windows-specific alt+tab model means way too many things to choose from without context. What I'd love in Mac OS X is a standard way that I could drill in - with enough context - using keyboard short cuts to window and then tab level. Perhaps something like that exists, but I haven't found the consistent way of doing it yet!
  - silon3 15y ago
    For me, it's essential that I can fluidly switch between last 2-3 or even 4 windows, no matter what they are. (I regularly move tabs into new window in firefox when I need to do this).
kablamo 15y ago
For those that don't like it, the alt+tab behavior can be changed back to the traditional style in the CompizConfig Settings Manager. Try using the static workspace switcher.