Your first point is literally what I mentioned, “it’s not what I’m used to”. Gnome got completely revamped, and that in itself should not be a criticism of the

Your first point is literally what I mentioned, “it’s not what I’m used to”. Gnome got completely revamped, and that in itself should not be a criticism of the new thing itself. Gnome did take into account this hybrid way, but as I mentioned didn’t compromise on anything for that. It’s perfectly usable on both desktop and laptop. Gnome is an opinionated desktop environment, and the more customization you allow, the bigger the surface area of your software is. I think gnome struck a good balance between being customizable to a degree, but not making their unpaid job all that harder. I use vanilla gnome for what its worth. As a power user you likely have your hand on the keyboard, so a resize is just super+right mouse, which has a huge target area of almost the whole window. Same for moving. I have tried focus follows many years ago, but can’t say anything about its current state.