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Introduction to Gnome 3

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Re: Introduction to Gnome 3

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

I'm sorry, but that Metacity theme and even the GTK+ theme are really lacking. They lack the polish that Meerkat's Ambiance theme has (everytime I post a screenshot of stock 10.10 I get comments asking what the themes are).

It's a shame, I think Gnome-Shell looks cool and I think GNOME3 brings a lot of UI/UX changes that have been needed for a while, but they're not doing themselves any favors giving the actual appearance a real chance to shine. The "GNOME" default icons are a pity, too.

edit, I guess it's not Metacity any longer... Mutter.

Re: Introduction to Gnome 3

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Post by apakatt »

"Simply Beautiful". It feels weird that the fonts on the site are better than on the screen shots. The font on the top and in the "Messaging built-in" is really grandma-sized and not really beautiful.

As said before, the theme and icons are really really lacking. I'm sure however that it will work great (and look great after some modifications like adding the Ubuntu font and Faenza Icons).

Re: Introduction to Gnome 3

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Post by antimatter15 »

generalk wrote: post #6

Is this information still relevant? From the Try It link ( http://www.gnome3.org/tryit.html ): GNOME 3 is under active development and will not be completed until April 2010. We hope to be able to provide live USB images really soon. Watch this space!

It appears the date has changed to April 2011

Re: Introduction to Gnome 3

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Post by junkbit »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #3

I'm sorry, but that Metacity theme and even the GTK+ theme are really lacking. They lack the polish that Meerkat's Ambiance theme has (everytime I post a screenshot of stock 10.10 I get comments asking what the themes are). It's a shame, I think Gnome-Shell looks cool and I think GNOME3 brings a lot of UI/UX changes that have been needed for a while, but they're not doing themselves any favors giving the actual appea…

That is an old gtk theme. The GTK3 look fits better with the new titlebar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakubsteiner/5201953378/sizes/o...

Re: Introduction to Gnome 3

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Post by drivingmenuts »

kingsidharth wrote: post #8

>Simply Beautiful? Seriously? Since when Beauty is that top priority for GUI? Usability, Gnome, Usability!

How much of the eye-candy (IM, etc.) is so woven into the desktop that it's impossible to remove?

With OS X and Windows, I add the extraneous stuff - it doesn't come pre-installed and pre-enabled.

I'll stick w/XFCE, thanks. It's based on Gnome, but it doesn't have the cruft.

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