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I've recently moved to GNOME on Fedora 36, and I just wish they stopped being hostile to themeing. No, Adwaita is not pretty. No, I don't want to use the defau

by rcarmo 4y ago

I've recently moved to GNOME on Fedora 36, and I just wish they stopped being hostile to themeing. No, Adwaita is not pretty. No, I don't want to use the default window decorations. And I most certainly do not want to have to install extensions to have a decent dock, proper top bar applets, etc. I have no idea where GNOME gets its UX expertise, but they are well off the mark where it regards what people expect from a normal desktop experience these days.

Octabrain 4y ago
Well, question of taste. I use Fedora 36 with Gnome precisely because I like the provided vanilla experience. I enjoy its simplicity, minimalism and it is nice looking enough for me for not having to spend time on tuning anything.
- rcarmo 4y ago
  Mine now looks mostly like this, so that I don't have to re-learn UI conventions: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/02/2130 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/02/2130
  - Octabrain 4y ago
    It looks good, however, it is not for me. On that specific example, I dislike the idea of the window buttons on the left as well as the dock. I find much productive to press the window key and type the app I want to open as I do on Gnome. I used to be a big fan of KDE back in the day and spend plenty of time installing desktop and icon themes, but nowadays I like to stick to "out of the box" experiences and I apply this to everything in computing, from the distro I use, to tmux, vim, web browser etc.
  - woojoo666 4y ago
    This looks exactly like MacOS though. If you like the ux/ui of MacOS that's fine, but I still don't see any reason why you say gnome devs are off the mark in terms of UX. For the record, I prefer keeping the dock out of view and pulling it up with the super key
woojoo666 4y ago
I guess it's quite subjective because...I love the default theme
NayamAmarshe 4y ago
Gnome: What? You wanna press Super key every time you wanna access the dock or manage windows? Got it, here you go!

by rcarmo 4y ago

Octabrain 4y ago

Well, question of taste. I use Fedora 36 with Gnome precisely because I like the provided vanilla experience. I enjoy its simplicity, minimalism and it is nice looking enough for me for not having to spend time on tuning anything.

rcarmo 4y ago
Mine now looks mostly like this, so that I don't have to re-learn UI conventions: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/02/2130 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/02/2130
- Octabrain 4y ago
  It looks good, however, it is not for me. On that specific example, I dislike the idea of the window buttons on the left as well as the dock. I find much productive to press the window key and type the app I want to open as I do on Gnome. I used to be a big fan of KDE back in the day and spend plenty of time installing desktop and icon themes, but nowadays I like to stick to "out of the box" experiences and I apply this to everything in computing, from the distro I use, to tmux, vim, web browser etc.
- woojoo666 4y ago
  This looks exactly like MacOS though. If you like the ux/ui of MacOS that's fine, but I still don't see any reason why you say gnome devs are off the mark in terms of UX. For the record, I prefer keeping the dock out of view and pulling it up with the super key

woojoo666 4y ago

I guess it's quite subjective because...I love the default theme

NayamAmarshe 4y ago

Gnome: What? You wanna press Super key every time you wanna access the dock or manage windows? Got it, here you go!