Some design choices for GNOME simply escape me. By default, no window buttons (i.e. active windows) on the top panel. By default, no maximize/minimize buttons for windows. Who could possibly find that user-friendly?
why do you use the maximize / minimize buttons? If you're just trying to see a different app, wouldn't alt+tab do the same thing?
> no window buttons (i.e. active windows) on the top panel
why do you need to see a running list of everything that's open in your face at all times? it seems to me like the only time you should need this information is when you're switching apps. you can also see this information by pressing the Super (aka Windows) key. also, afaik i3 doesn't show you all of the running applications at once either, but no one ever complains about that.
> If you're just trying to see a different app, wouldn't alt+tab do the same thing?
Can you alt+tab with a mouse?
> why do you need to see a running list of everything that's open in your face at all times?
A taskbar at the edge of the screen is "in your face"? What if the panel auto-hides?
> it seems to me like the only time you should need this information is when you're switching apps.
And by hiding that information, you add an extra step to the process. The one-step "click on taskbar button" becomes the two-step "activate the window list, click on window button".
> i3 doesn't show you all of the running applications at once either, but no one ever complains about that.
That's because people who use i3 don't want that feature. People who do don't use it.
GNOME used to have it, but threw it away--along with many other features.
Why is it so hard to understand that not everyone uses their computer the same way you do?
