I think I'll just stick to i3 for now.
Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
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Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#12This looks decent. Tangentially, why do Gnome windows have such big title bars? Is that something you can adjust?
It's because a) GNOME no longer renders title bars b) GTK3 instead treats title bar as combined titlebar + menu space
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#13I don't like this at all. Scrolling is a 'no' in serious UI design, and tiling should be an option.
The video is too fast to allow any actual evaluation of its offerings.
The big buttons in the section 'find your tasks instantaneously' are not necessary.
The gnome interface sucks big time and I don't see this as improvement.
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#14Why does this website need javascript to load? Everything in there could fit on a static page with gifs.
The issue of the gifs was actually discussed on discord. IIRC it was because the gifs would be to big in some cases.
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#15Sadly it’s a material design, one of the worst design frameworks out there. And, it is used contrary to its purpose on all possible levels without any understanding of it.
> Sadly it’s a material design, one of the worst shits out there.
Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#16> Designed to simplify navigation and reduce the need to manipulate windows in order to improve productivity. It's meant to be 100% predictable and bring the benefits of tools coveted by professionals to everyone.
Oh dear. Now I remember why I keep using macOS which actually does it better than 'this'.
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#17I don't like this at all. Scrolling is a 'no' in serious UI design, and tiling should be an option. The video is too fast to allow any actual evaluation of its offerings. The big buttons in the section 'find your tasks instantaneously' are not necessary. The gnome interface sucks big time and I don't see this as improvement.
somehow every app-selector I know (except a real terminal shell) uses scrolling. Imho this looks great for a tablet (and if this stabilizes I'd in fact buy a surface pro or similar instead of a new notebook, should my current private notebook die).
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#18Why does this website need javascript to load? Everything in there could fit on a static page with gifs.
yes, for a project optimizing workflow a static page would be fitting, but with pngs or webp instead of gifs :-)
appearently lossless webp steals pngs crown now that iOS and MacOS support it and the computational costs on high compression are less:
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#19I don't like this at all. Scrolling is a 'no' in serious UI design, and tiling should be an option. The video is too fast to allow any actual evaluation of its offerings. The big buttons in the section 'find your tasks instantaneously' are not necessary. The gnome interface sucks big time and I don't see this as improvement.
> Scrolling is a 'no' in serious UI design
Scrolling gives users a spatial feeling (ie. "what is where in relation to something else") in contrast to just magically letting things appear without animation or transition. There are plenty of UI designs which use scrolling. Sure you can debate whether they are a success or not but I've never head of "Scrolling is a 'no' in serious UI design". That sounds more like a personal preference.
> and tiling should be an option.
As far as I can tell there is nothing stopping you from simply using a workspace per app. Effectively disabling tiling.
Re: Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME
#20This looks decent. Tangentially, why do Gnome windows have such big title bars? Is that something you can adjust?
It's because a) GNOME no longer renders title bars b) GTK3 instead treats title bar as combined titlebar + menu space
People look at the big title-bar, complain, and don't see the lack of a menu-bar.
I really love it.