On 27/06/17 23:48, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
On 27/06/17 09:12, Chris Green wrote:
I've never really understood the apparently huge importance to poeple of what 'desktop' they're using.
When you've spent 20 odd years working with a particular style of gui, you tend to get accustomed to it. You get used to having multiple windows on a screen. You get used to keyboard shortcuts. You get used to a scroll bar being there, and clicking below the "thumb" taking you down a page at a time.
But then along comes Gnome 3 which was redesigned because "the gui was getting in the way of efficient working" and decide that it's more efficient to have each window in its own desktop. That scrollbars should have right-click do what left-click used to do, and left click take you to where you clicked, and have the scrollbar disappear when you're not over it...
I used Windows 3 up to Windows XP, and Gnome 2 and could easily switch between the two because the GUIs worked in the same way. I tried Gnome 3 and Ubuntu's unity and basically hated both of them. Newer versions of Windows I also don't like. Basically because they're very different to what I'm used to and what I find works. Also, their improvements don't (to me) seem to improve anything.
However... I know it's just personal taste, and some people like the new versions of Windows, and/or Gnome 3 and/or Unity.
Steve,
All of the above!
LMC is very like Windows 7, which is the last version of 'doze I used in anger. Whatever else is wrong with Windows, the XP/W7 interface was pretty good, and I've come to really like LMC, and find working with it a doddle. Of course, it also does lots of extra things XP/W7 never could, so that's all good too.
If I have one gripe, it's that I'd like to be able to set a delay on the hot corners, but that's being addressed, I understand.
Cheers, Laurie.