The Activities Overview is a simple way to access all your basic tasks. A press of a button is all it takes to view your open windows, launch applications, or check if you have new messages. GNOME 41 provides a focused working environment that helps you get things done. It is packed with features that will make you more productive: a powerful search feature that helps you access all your work from one place; side-by-side windows that make it easy to view several documents at the same time; seamless integration with online accounts which allows you to access all your data in one place; and a messaging system that comfortably deals with notifications, letting you quickly respond in place or return to them in a convenient time.
Sawfish also had edge resistance and I always liked that, since it feels very smooth. Pretty much the only thing I felt lacking in Metacity. This window snapping to the edge of the screen is in 2. Most end-users are not qualified enough to file bug reports, simply because of the complexity of software like GNOME.
One is about slow changing of backgrounds, the other about wallpapers making the whole desktop slow. As a side note you should really use a non OSN Staff login when not posting in that capacity, your personal opinions sometimes deserves moderation the same as other posters.
Question: Why is there instant application of a new setting? Most end-users? Of a developer branch of the latest Gnome? Come on! The live CD is currently in the 2. Alternatively, you can install the latest build for Ubuntu 6. Both distributions will demonstrate the increase in speed in 2.
The hard-core, of course, may prefer to compile from source , possibly automating the process with JHBuild. Some of the interface changes in the new version, such as the addition of icons to dialog windows, are the equivalent of the gingerbread on the gables of Victorian houses — decorations that do nothing for functionality. In version 2. Now, in version 2. For instance, the number of tabs has been reduced in dialogue windows, wherever possible, to two or three.
Similarly, combo boxes have been removed in many places, such as in Sound Preferences; sound events are now displayed in a checkbox list. The practical result of such changes is that users can find options more quickly. At times, the text in Yelp refers to older releases.
At others, the text has more compound and complex sentences than is consistent with ease of use. Yet, despite these problems, Yelp is noticeably more useful. It now displays not only GNOME help, but also man and info pages, the help systems of the command line. More importantly, like Nautilus, Yelp has gained a search tool.
With these changes, Yelp finally has the interface it needs to be truly useful, even if more work is needed to polish the contents. Running Ubuntu 5. On the same machine, Ubuntu 6. So far as I can tell, programs do not open any faster in 2. Still, even allowing for my unscientific timing, the increase in speed is impressive.
It should be especially welcome on older, RAM-challenged machines. On faster machines, this redraw all but eliminates the ghostly outlines that have haunted moving windows in Metacity until now.
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