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GNOME 3.6 To Include Major Revisions

Posted by timothy on from the clamor-from-the-villagers dept.

supersloshy writes "The launch of the GNOME 3 desktop environment sparked heated debate and criticism. GNOME developers have been listening to the concerns of its users and it is rolling out several significant changes in GNOME 3.6. The message tray, often called hard to use, was made much more visible in addition to being harder to accidentally trigger. The "lock" screen can now optionally control your music player, the system volume, and display notifications so you don't have to type in a password. GNOME will also support different input sources directly instead of requiring an add-on program. Nautilus, the GNOME file browser, is also getting a major face lift with a new, more compact UI, properly working search features, a "move to" and "copy to" option as an alternative to dragging and dropping, and a new "recent files" section. These changes, among many others including improvements to system settings, will be present in GNOME 3.6 when it is released later this month. Any other additions or changes not currently implemented by the GNOME team can be easily applied with only one click at the GNOME Extensions website."

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  1. All two by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    GNOME 3 users are extremely excited!

  2. Iterations by DeadDecoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    After a few more iterations, it'll look just like OS X.
    :P

  3. Gnome 3.6 by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Now with only ONE button".

    1. Re:Gnome 3.6 by Desler · · Score: 5, Funny

      It has buttons? That clearly must be a mistake that they will quickly remedy.

  4. Only in software... by QilessQi · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...can (3.0 + 0.6) be less than 2.

    --
    Koans and fables for the software engineer
    1. Re:Only in software... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...can (3.0 + 0.6) be less than 2.

      In a mod 3.3 number system, yes :)

  5. Re:This is my problem with F/OSS in general... by poisonborz · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't want to mention the Apple Effect, but still, I mention the Apple Effect: it's the Apple Effect. Developers think more and more often that there exists a holy path of usage, one that is so smooth, elegant and minimal that everyone finds it pleasing. Mayor usage patterns are becoming linear, and the user is left with the fact that changing background, color, and font-size are now billed advanced and sophisticated personalization options. Less options, less support problems, less things to understand.

  6. Re:Why Linux? by theskipper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Protip: The "Post Anonymously" checkbox is located above Comment Subject ;)

  7. Re:Nautilus? Compact? No. by kav2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh god.. I read the bug comments too. The original poster refers to this gem, quote from developer:

    Please go to random forums on the internet instead - there you can add your unhelpful comments that might make developers not want to look at certain bug reports anymore.

    Well, that pretty much sums up Gnome development team's attitude.