GNOME 3.8 Released Featuring New "Classic" Mode

Posted by Unknown on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:32AM from the extend-freely dept.

Hot on the heels of the Gtk+ 3.8 release comes GNOME 3.8. There are a few general UI improvements, but the highlight for many is the new Classic mode that replaces fallback. Instead of using code based on the old GNOME panel, Classic emulates the feel of GNOME 2 through Shell extensions (just like Linux Mint's Cinnamon interface). From the release notes: "Classic mode is a new feature for those people who prefer a more traditional desktop experience. Built entirely from GNOME 3 technologies, it adds a number of features such as an application menu, a places menu and a window switcher along the bottom of the screen. Each of these features can be used individually or in combination with other GNOME extensions."

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Re:So, they heard the complaints... by Sri+Ramkrishna · 2013-03-28 12:07 · Score: 1, Troll

You do know that you can add extensions to put a lot of the old behavior back. There are also projects like Cinnamon that gives a close approximation to GNOME2. The problem is that you guys don' see that technology and culture is moving, maybe you're not going to change but the new people coming up are goign to want somethign that doesn't look like the stuff their parent's used.