I totally agree with you. Gnome 3 is a brave departure from xp-style desktops and that's inevitably going to irk die-hard fans of the previous versions or peop

I totally agree with you. Gnome 3 is a brave departure from xp-style desktops and that's inevitably going to irk die-hard fans of the previous versions or people who love to tweak ad infinitum, but I find it a far more pleasurable experience than Unity and much more fluid than other menu-oriented desktops. Non-linux users I have shown Gnome 3 too are not only generally impressed, but also pick it up very very quickly.In my opinion, that's a real achievement.