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The current problem with extensions is they break with each Gnome release. This forces a lot of user work with each upgrade wasting a lot of time (eg having to

The current problem with extensions is they break with each Gnome release. This forces a lot of user work with each upgrade wasting a lot of time (eg having to wait for author to update, picking a different extension for the same functionality, doing without). It would also be beneficial if there were an official set of well maintained extensions - ones that if you use them you know you will be fine through upgrades etc. This also solves the problem of there being so many extensions (you get 3 pages of search results for system monitor - how is any user reasonably expected to deal with that?) The area where Gnome shell is seriously lacking is for people who have multiple monitors, and/or have many windows of the same app open. So far a panel/taskbar has turned out to be the least worst UI way of handling this. That is why I use fallback mode.

PieSquared 14y ago
Just to be clear, I certainly wasn't criticising those who use fallback mode, or trying to imply "they" (you) were all just whining for no reason. I think they still have a lot of work to do. When I upgraded from 3.4 to 3.6, I was pretty annoyed because out of the eight or so extensions that I used, all but one stopped working. Luckily, the extensions that I used were all upgraded within several weeks, but it's still a major issue. I think it's pretty clear from the extensions site that this is still a work in progress. That's part of the reason I really like this announcement, though - exactly as you've said, it looks like they're going down the path of "official set of well-maintained extensions", which I think is the right choice. I guess that GNOME 3 isn't entirely ready for everyone yet, but the future that I see for it is pretty awesome. For me, personally, it already far surpasses GNOME 2, and I think it still has a lot of potential that it hasn't utilized. (I can't really comment on multiple monitor setups, though. I just have a laptop.)
drivebyacct2 14y ago
They manage to break GTK3 theming too. I find that to be even more insane, especially how god damn awful Adwaita is. Sorry, I bought a high res monitor for more space, not so my GTK3 widgets could be enormous.

PieSquared 14y ago

Just to be clear, I certainly wasn't criticising those who use fallback mode, or trying to imply "they" (you) were all just whining for no reason. I think they still have a lot of work to do. When I upgraded from 3.4 to 3.6, I was pretty annoyed because out of the eight or so extensions that I used, all but one stopped working. Luckily, the extensions that I used were all upgraded within several weeks, but it's still a major issue. I think it's pretty clear from the extensions site that this is still a work in progress. That's part of the reason I really like this announcement, though - exactly as you've said, it looks like they're going down the path of "official set of well-maintained extensions", which I think is the right choice. I guess that GNOME 3 isn't entirely ready for everyone yet, but the future that I see for it is pretty awesome. For me, personally, it already far surpasses GNOME 2, and I think it still has a lot of potential that it hasn't utilized. (I can't really comment on multiple monitor setups, though. I just have a laptop.)

drivebyacct2 14y ago

They manage to break GTK3 theming too. I find that to be even more insane, especially how god damn awful Adwaita is. Sorry, I bought a high res monitor for more space, not so my GTK3 widgets could be enormous.