After yesterday sharing the general feedback submitted by over a thousand GNOME users (Part 1, Part 2) from the 2012 GNOME User Survey about their views on the popular Linux desktop environment, here's all of the responses to another one of the questions. The question came down to what features of GNOME are most important from your personal use and would not like them to go away.

Question 10 from the 2012 GNOME User Survey was "What features of GNOME do you rely on, and would not like them to go away?" All of the results from this question are included in this article. This was the last free-response question before getting to the structured survey results in full on Thursday.

The feedback is sorted in the order that the survey submissions were received. Like last year, the survey and its questions were developed independent of the GNOME Foundation and Phoronix by the GNOME community of users and developers. Phoronix simply participated as the host of the survey.

1: Anything new to GNOME3...

2: Text editor

3: search app with mod4 + "name"

4: option to choose language and session in gdm

5: uncluttered/uncompilcated setup

6: online accounts

7: taskbar, application menu

8: New "All applications" button on toolbar in v3.8.

9: system tray

10: Shortcuts on menu bar

11: Gnome 2.x

12: Core apps

13: easy expose access

14: none in Gnome 3

15: the ability to use my mouse and keyboard efficiently and not be forced to get a touchscreen device to use my system

16: I rely on the fallback mode for a lot of older machines I set up for a public library

17: notification system

18: almost everything they changed away

19: Nautilus 3.4

20: The activities hot corner

21: Workspaces independance. Now yoou do Atl+tab and ALL windows from EVERY workspace appear there. What are workspaces for then?? Can you make this configurable?

22: Online Account System

23: Keep It Simple and Pretty

24: nautilus features

25: arrangement of windows in multi desktop

26: Most GNOME2 features that are already gone.

27: the shell

28: shell search, IM integration

29: Hot corners

30: none anymore

31: skype, rhytmbox, messager tray/system icon without window.

32: gnome shell and tweak tool

33: new virtual desktops - they work great

34: Mangement of workspaces

35: Advanced settings

36: Gnome Panel

37: I use Unity, have no fealing ab. that.

38: snap to borders

39: Having a panel to manage multiple windows for multiple apps

40: I rely on gnome-session-fallback and I would not like it to go away.

41: dynamic virtual desktop, activities view, smoothness of visual rendering

42: nautilus 3.4.2 features

43: Keyboard short cuts

44: The entirety of the Gnome2 interface as it is being kept alive by the Mate project.

45: Shell search

46: a bottom taskbar with all open windows available with one click. a dock that only shows one icon per app is useless, i.e. if you have multiple office documents

47: Chats in the Notifications

48: Great looking new apps!

49: Automatic scaling of windows to 1/2 of the screen

50: Configuration options, ability to choose themes, extensions.

51: extensions !

52: multi-monitor support

53: Gnome VFS

54: its very stable

55: Window management...

56: The GNOME 2 Desktop

57: The polish compared to Unity

58: chat integration with gnome-shell

59: workspaces, easy access to terminal

60: Extensions, to make up for all the features and settings I feel are missing

61: integrated application, file and document search through activities just as you type

62: Gnome is crap, Cinnamon is far better

63: Online accounts ;)

64: Expose all Windows

65: Linux specified features

66: Keyboard shortcuts

67: Nautilus (well, Nemo technically)

68: Integration of web services

69: heavy keyboard shortcut usage

70: Activities with the "Native WIndow Placement" plugin

71: menu icon

72: meaningful default values

73: gnome shell overlay, it's not yet there but it has a great potencial

74: libraries & infrastructure

75: dont know

76: I have already stopped using Gnome because nothing about it works for me.

77: integration of desktop callendar with evolution

78: Icons in the desktop and text location bar in Nautilus (Humm GNOME Files :p)

79: SUPER to expose windows. CTRL+ALT Up/Down. ALT+Drag and ALT+Middle Drag to move and resize windows.

80: nautilus, gedit, notifications

81: Activities Panel

82: Gnome Shell

83: gnome fallback

84: Better (than most other DE) notifications, great extensibility via extensions

85: extensions, search, windows button default behaviour

86: Quick launch icons

87: Gnome Classic

88: The drag to the left cursor.

89: a hierarchical program menu

90: None in particular.

91: gnome shel

92: feature complete file manager, desktop without opengl support

93: the familiarity of navigation

94: TASKBAR/DOCK VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES, NOT HIDDEN AWAY!

95: panels with applets (system monitor, systray in particular); familiar window management (ie. alt-tab does what it always did)

96: Quick window management through the activities menu, searching for programs

97: Overview and Dynamic Activity Management

98: simplified main menu

99: simple use

100: Notifications, overview, dynamic workspaces

101: Availability of classic G2 interface

102: keyboard control in gnome-shell

103: Desktop search, window management

104: system tray in a useful location; traditional menu; top panel/bar with move/lock functions for EVERYTHING

105: Nautilus Extra Pane, Terminal

106: Hot-corner window swiching.

107: fallback mode

108: dynamic workspaces

109: no answer

110: FOCUS FOLLOWS MOUSE, multi-monitor, app search

111: Rely on fallback session

112: Don't know.

113: Pretty, customizeable

114: a personal experience. basic options.

115: multiple workspaces

116: many are alredy gone, just think about nautilus...

117: Classic desktop paradigm

118: hot corners

119: Keyboard functionality (accessibility of menu's and applications by using only the keyboard)

120: Desktop icons as an option (the current off-by-default is fine)

121: Multi screen workspaces. Shell search

122: Typing to search through apps.

123: gnome setting

124: working desktop

125: F3 function in nautilus

126: Keyboard shortcuts, activities view, ctrl+enter on activities view to launch new instance

127: non-systemd support

128: Having multiple windows on the same screen and those windows' titles being select-able in the gnome bar.

129: workspaces, launcher, hot corner

130: double view in nautilus

131: Anything that allows me to customize it as close to Windows 7 look and feel as possible

132: Dynamic workspaced, desktop overview in Shell, SSH mounting and removable media support,

133: Inline Notifications (replying to messages via notification)

134: gnome 2 interface

135: The Shell

136: Custom launchers

137: Clean Interface, Easy, Better Visual Space (less toolbars,etc..)

138: I relied on gnome 2's ubiquity and familiarity, which always transcended any distro-specific theming/branding.

139: If a feature: Performance and low usage of RAM, something which GNOME3 is not known for.

140: Keyboard shortcuts, multi-monitor support, shell search and completion

141: Dropdown menus

142: One workspace per application - this is great.

143: shell search

144: good system monitor applet

145: dont know

146: Application/Places menu

147: Online Accounts

148: The way apps are launched

149: Many of the applications built in are good, and I would dislike many features being removed in general.

150: searching, intuitive environment

151: Applets and Focus Follows Mouse

152: online accounts, workspaces, app search

153: top panel bar

154: applets, in particular NetworkManager and the sound control

155: Search, notifications

156: multi-pane Nautilus.

157: Ability to change window manager(not really a declared feature), keyboard layout switcher

158: Shell, online accounts, unified lenses look

159: device automounting

160: TOP LEFT CORNER

161: Multi-Head Support

162: Nautilus hotkeys, Alt+Shift for keyboard layout changing

163: The panel, basically. Which is why I've dropped gnome for xfce, though I check in occasionally to see if it has improved.

164: hot corner

165: 2D/XDMPC/LTSP support (gnome-session-fallback)

166: The ability of GTK Apps to run under KDE, can't stand GNOME3

167: bidi support

168: multi monitor support. ability to run more than one x-server with multiple graphics cards.

169: basic gnome classic: panel, metacity, nautilus, etc.

170: panel (fallback mode)

171: Old nautilus shortkeys

172: gnome extensions

173: gnome-shell, synaptic, nautilus, printers

174: fallback mode

175: nautilus functionality

176: Compatibility of gnome apps with xfce.

177: Finding shared Samba printers in the configuration dialogue; Creating shortcut icons on the desktop; power off & reset buttons

178: better printing than in kde

179: fallback-mode which is why i just switched to KDE ~ since you were goiing to kill my desktop anyway :\

180: Activities Overview

181: minimize/maximize buttons

182: Nautilus side-by-side view.

183: Nautilus 2.x I use xfce for the rest

184: Top and bottom bar, like in gnome 2.0

185: Performance is pretty stable, actually

186: Performance is pretty stable, actually

187: Gnome shell

188: Theming support, search functionality, integrated messaging

189: fallback mode

190: Online Accounts, Empathy, Evolution, Gnome Contacts

191: One-click application launching and switching

192: Nautilus as a powerful file manager

193: Full-screen application drawer.

194: Minimal Design

195: Excellent keyboard support, good working default behaviour.

196: Gnome 2 menus, other than that I'm flexible

197: clean design, good desktop integration, good support for themes (compared to kde)

198: keyboard shortcuts, multiple workspaces, extensions

199: Notifications, integration of evolution and top panel calendar with my google calendar. I liked nautilus, but 3,6....

200: I hate GNOME Shell

201: ressource hunger.

202: minimal distractions.

203: multi-monitor support

204: shell, nautilus

205: The dash-like search, intergration between core applications and desktop

206: fallback mode

207: The "overview" mode in Shell is amazing, along with the simplicity of most GNOME applications.

208: multimonitor, extension

209: support for mouse and keyboard

210: intergration with ews, google

211: All Nautilus features

212: Quick search, quick overview

213: Activities view

214: beauty and ease of use :-)

215: Chat-enabbled notifications

216: the dock on the left

217: The Activities Overview (Press SUPER Key)

218: shell search, overview mode notifications

219: Type-search in Activities

220: feature rich nautilus

221: version 2

222: eog, evince, desktop icons

223: Being able to see the shut-down menu; not having to use the pop-up pseudo-workspace manipulator and application menu; intuitiveness.

224: Bottom bar / app list

225: Nautilus Terminal

226: traditional desktop

227: overview, favorite apps tab on the left

228: Nautilus "Connect to server" feature

229: none, switched to KDE4

230: App menu

231: Events in calendar

232: start menu from the foot sign

233: Activity (hot corner)

234: Dynamic workspaces and extensions

235: I would like nothing to go away. What a stupid question. Is software getting better or worse?

236: minimal distraction free interface

237: The basics: multi-monitor support, launching from the shell by keyboard only. I would heavily use notification and chat integration if it worked better. Same goes for Online Accounts for calendar and mail integration.

238: classic desktop, nautilus location entry

239: Most of them went away already

240: keep window above all, nautilus tabs

241: laucher view and reduced use of screen real estate

242: applets, panel

243: Gnome 2.x applets

244: Shell Search

245: Nautilus' power

246: extension support, automatic desktop handling

247: system-monitor applet

248: System Tray

249: Activity Button + Expose

250: Gnome Fallback

251: I miss the feature of having things the way I love and not what others think I must love...

252: the hidden favorites and integrated search instead of menus to start applications, clean desktop, shortcut keys

253: shell search

254: The up button in Nautilus

255: virtual workspaces

256: Online account integration

257: Shell search, Empathy Integration, Beauty+Simplificity

258: gnome menu from the panel

259: Shutting down is a big one..

260: gedit, nautilus, calculator

261: entire 2.32 essentially

262: customization of panels

263: mousewheel on tab scrolling

264: none in particular

265: Mounting sftp/smb/ftp from nautilus

266: multiple workspaces

267: automatic edge-sizing of windows

268: Desktops arranged in a grid

269: Panel applets

270: Shell search

271: "fallback" (panel/metacity/notification-daemon) interface

272: Shortcuts on desktop

273: Gnome shell, AppMenu

274: Gnome Shell

275: GTK+, (lib)mutter, Gnome Shell

276: The Activities view

277: Find as you tupe in nautilus

278: Fallback mode, weather app

279: multiple desktops (as much as needed),

280: The arbitrary number of virtual desktops

281: Six month incremental release cycle and a featureful Nautilus.

282: Since v3 I don't rely on any Gnome feature as I use XFCE.

283: Shell integration with Evolution and chats

284: Switching between windows using the window list bar, one click access application menu groups, system load monitor applet.

285: launching applications

286: all :)

287: Integrated Calendar

288: Search as you type. GONE :)

289: Dynamic workspaces

290: The Gnome Shell search function

291: window list panel add on

292: I switched to LDE and then to MATE 'cause Gnome3 still blows. It is ALMOST usable with the extentions, but not quite.

293: System tray. Yes, add it back. LIKE IT USED TO BE.

294: fallback mode

295: tweak tool, themes, and nautilus before it became shit with 3.6

296: Actions for common desktop tasks are so streamlined that everything is essential. I find it functional and syntetic

297: Windows Key Shortcut

298: None, but I wish gedit was more like kate.

299: Gnome-shell multidesktops

300: classic gnome 2.x menubar

301: favorites menu, notifications

302: Interface is really good.

303: multiple workspaces

304: starting/searching apps in the shell using a (hardware) keyboard

305: nautilus, gnome-keyring

306: dash, notificaton-area, extensions, empathy integration, calendar integration, themes, the way of working with desktops

307: new dash, global search

308: The best thing in GNOME 3 is the window selector, putting the (mouse in the top left), and UNITY for me is fat, ugly and non user friendly

309: global multimedia keys

310: staying away from DBUS, draging an image onto nautilus without pressing ctrl

311: probably the dynamic desktops

312: Fallback mode

313: activities as new way of switching windows (opposed to old task bar paradigm)

314: Nautilus audio preview that was lost.

315: Exposé and the dash

316: Panels, Desktops

317: Access to remote filesystems with gvfs, advanced options in networkmanager

318: Fallback session

319: Dual pane mode in Nautilus

320: its look and feel

321: window management (none of this windows 8-style full screen apps please!)

322: virtual desktops. mission control.

323: apt-get install

324: If there's something better (faster, less memory usage, efficient, ...), feel free to replace! But don't take away any features... :(

325: I really love the way that the overview works,

326: Static workspace on second monitor.

327: Fallback mode

328: Minimize/Maximize buttons

329: hot corner, shell search

330: categories for finding things easily

331: The snazy window managment

332: The Shell comes really in handy

333: Usability -- but it's already gone.

334: Stable incremental updates

335: Minimalism, virtual desktops,

336: hot corner

337: Everything that's already there

338: A app dock show in destop for quick access

339: Visual simplicity, window management, search, extensions, themes are css

340: Sloppy focus.

341: Don't make apps less usable for desktop users. nautilus, gedit, gnome-office, empathy

342: notify location is foolish, it's better to relocate to top

343: visible applet icons, shortcuts and 1 click window management

344: visible applet icons, shortcuts and 1 click window management

345: Calendar, Nautilus, Desktop, Taskbar, Window Min/Max

346: have multiple windows on screen

347: Compiz compatibility

348: Gnome Shell, extensions

349: visible applet icons, shortcuts and 1 click window management

350: Nautilus, Window Manager, Gnome-Terminal

351: Nothing specific comes to mind.

352: Activities OverView

353: minimalism, simplicity, beauty, same look and feel all around the desktop environment

354: Plug-ins that modify how the desktop works

355: Zeitgeist, Failback

356: Gnome classic / 2D version

357: Configurable panels

358: general layout of the desktop

359: Search, Notifications, Extensions,

360: Application, Places, System top panel

361: terminal start scripts

362: auto search while typing

363: gnome shell extensions

364: VISIBLE RUNNING TASKS

365: fallback gnome-panel

366: docks + sensors (cpu freq, sysmon, sys temp)

367: Perhaps ... Google account intergration

368: keyboard shortcuts

369: the exposé / window picker mode

370: Nautilus, Gedit, GNOME Terminal

371: Desktop Icons

372: top left hot coner - it's fast; evolution; nautilus; rhythmbox

373: Gnome 2.32 options

374: classic desktop, panel applets, metacity

375: The search buttons for Wikipedia and Google are a nice feature.

376: cutting features from Nautilus was a dealbreaker for me

377: launcher, extensions

378: Searching in Activities view

379: fallback mode

380: choice, gtk3 needs independance

381: none (answered hoping they dont remove EVERYTHING :) )

382: integrated chat

383: GNOME 2 Notification Area

384: multiple desktops

385: gnome-shell, super key binding, adwaita theme

386: application categories

387: Mouse based interface

388: rightclick everywhere (touch devices have this 'keep your finger pressed to bring rightclick options'

389: Evolution mail

390: Gnome Fallback mode

391: Fallback mode

392: Gnome Shell

393: App launcher menu

394: I rely on extensions to make gnome3 look like gnome2; I want gnome-shell to go away

395: I never took up GNOME 3 because it was not possible to have a 3x3 grid of workspaces

396: Workspace, Expo

397: 2d virtual desktops (fixed positions), taskbar, window manager options like always on workspace and always on top.

398: Network manager. Better than kde

399: tranditional desktop *functions*

400: Split view in nautilus

401: Speed, cleanliness of interface, reliability (and in general) sensibility

402: desktop that does what i want

403: Being able to maximise a window to half a screen width

404: I never use suspend / hibernate, don't make them mandatory. Keep plain power off.

405: Activities overview, workspaces

406: clean UI, fast desktop experience

407: I am flexible

408: they are already gone

409: fallback mode

410: pop-up activities when moving on top left corner

411: panel and metacity (2d rendering)

412: Dash, Hot corner, Workspaces, Evolution integration, Activities Windows, Files Path Bar

413: GNOME Shell

414: gnome-shell, notifications

415: color management

416: None for the moment

417: Activity panel

418: GNOME Shell

419: the activiities overview

420: split view in Nautilus, dynamic workspaces, GNOME Shell windows picker, window size managment (drag to left/right/top border)

421: Wacom Settings, All old nat

422: Qick Launch using SuperKey, Evolution, Nautilus, Gedit

423: Wacom Settings, All old Nautilus functions

424: Multi desktop

425: No blinbling, ease of use, power of use.

426: IM Integration, App search, hidden Dash, Dynamic Workspaces

427: Compartibility with standard free desktop and X components and approaches, like keboard layout switching, etc.

428: Stability Flexability Simplicity Configureabliity

429: The straight forward design of version 2.

430:

431:

432: Gnome shell quick app search

433: menu, panels

434: The classic interface: it integrates in my workflow

435: Hot corner

436: The upper left expose/zoom (display all windows at once.). This method is more intuitive and better looking that cinnamon and compiz/unity.

437: online accounts

438: How quick and responsive the desktop is

439: working without 3D acceleration

440: ram footprint

441: none, all of them are already gone

442: Fallback mode

443: multiple desktop support

444: extensions ; compact view in nautilus ; the way Activities mode works ; Gnome Tweak

445: Hot corner

446: "complete" Nautilus

447: clean design with clear airy structure

448: all features

449: fallback mode

450: The fall-back mode

451: virtual desktop

452: control panel

453: expose on top left corner

454: Multi Workspace support

455: Nautilus features lost in 3.6

456: Direct app launch from keyboard

457: messaging integration, notifications, evolution

458: Development of new user interface, it is the best of gnome currently

459: external monitors

460: 3D accelerated desktop

461: notifications, shell, nautilus

462: Extra pane in Nautilus

463: nothing special

464: application switcher, alt+tab between apps, and alt+` between windows of that app

465: Activities view when pressing WinKey, and many other I can't cite here. You should ask what feature I don't rely on and would not mind it to go away…

466: Classic window manager. Configuration options.

467: Ability to run non-GNOME components as part of the desktop

468: gtk2 theming

469: panel applets

470: tiling aspects in window management

471: Empathy is currently unusable and was important part of my workflow

472: sane window management

473: Overview, integrated chat, epiphany web apps

474: search area, hot corners, dynamic creation ofvirtual desktops, notifications.

475: GOA and Tracker

476: Unstripped version of nautilus and configurations.

477: Gimp, gtk, core libraries

478: easily change/install theme

479: easily change/install theme(s)

480: multiple desktops

481: Simplicity, not laggy animations that slows down the system

482: i relied on nautilus' feature to simple search for an item in the current folder by just pressing the initial characters of the item in question. This has been replaced with the instant search wich gives me like twenty src folders of directories and sub directories without a single hint which src directory is the one i'm looking for (BRAINDEAD)

483: Dash, GTK, Wikipedia search option

484: Shell search

485: GTK+ :P

486: Evolution, easy to use, reliability

487: Window overview

488: gnome-panel, nautilus

489: nautilus extendibility

490: Adding option for command line launch to open with dialog as in gnome 2

491: search tool, activities clean view

492: Gnome 2.x style interface

493: gnome-shell overview, dynamic desktops

494: It was multi-monitor.

495: the activities overview <3

496: no feature

497: Easy to use and good performance

498: Virtual Desktop, easy switching between activities. Could/Should be improved

499: speed, stability

500: You know it first when it's gone

501: shell search; window switching

502: gtk libraries, huge amount of often high quality gtk applications

503: gVFS, window management

504: Gnome shell expose, virtual desktop handling

505: I like the controls the G3 interface, but would like the desktop back

506: Choice, I can choose something different.

507: Desktop orientation

508: Fallback mode.

509: split pane

510: hot corner, easy screen keyboard access, extensions, shell search

511: GNOME 3 fallback mode; its only sane interface.

512: App search, drag to side of screen makes window take half space.

513: color management tool

514: the upper left activities menu that you dont have to click is nice

515: Online Accounts

516: Type to search basically everywhere (Overview, Documents, Contacts, Nautilus)

517: I don't have any.

518: Nautilus's bookmark and split pane view.

519: the gnome2 menu applications/places/system

520: easy to use, GTK,

521: app launcher

522: run dialogue(alt + f2)

523: 2-pane view, general desktop-feeling

524: Two panels and ability to see open windows

525: The activities screen is really great.

526: nothing specific

527: Most of them...

528: avahi printer integration, exchange support in evolution, workspaces

529: Dynamic workspaces

530: hot corner, overview

531: Dynamic workspaces

532: The traditional Destop metaphor, icons and folders on Desktop

533: i hate gnome shell

534: nautilus extra pane, icon emblems, gvfs

535: extensible top panel

536: gedit, menu, task bar, notification area, font rendering, integrated application suites

537: NOT the activities menu ;)

538: keyboard navigation

539: Easily moving windows around in the overview of the shell

540: vertical allignment of workspaces

541: vertical workspaces, window destop placement in overview mode

542: I rely on a lot of GNOME features, andI don't want any of them to go away.

543: shell and shell search are good

544: Mutter's snap to half screen, workspaces and generally consistent app catalogue

545: Gnome Online Accounts

546: Minimalist design

547: Nautilus, bloat

548:

549: Fallback mode

550: Chat notifications, search and a terminal.

551: multiple desktops cloud integration

552: Gnome 2 Panel

553: GNOME Terminal, Nautilus, Network Manager, evince, Simple Scan

554: Adding bookmarks in nautilus. Oh wait...

555: simple menu driven access to my apps inclusing my own shortcuts

556: not always clear what features are part of gnome

557: A reliable desktop paradigm instead of change for changes sake.

558: Ease of use - quick access to the functionality that I need and stability/flexability.

559: "raise window if covered, otherwise lower it" keyboard shortcut, window snapping, raise_on_click=false option, lightweight viewers (evince, eog)

560: Full customization, Applets, Gnome 2 Panel

561: gnome-shell as it is and nautilus

562: notification bar

563: Silencing notifications. Dynamic virtual desktops.

564: Calendar integration and time tracker.

565: Gnome Shell Extensions

566: The clean interface

567: Shell, Nautilus

568: fallback mode

569: <meta>search, multiple (dynamic) workspaces

570: none anymore

571: The Windows key bringing up the appliction menu. Everything else can go.

572: Activities overview (super key)

573: GTK 2

574: Shell search, "scale", multiple dynamic desktops

575: chat integration from gnome-shell

576: shell search, application previews

577: GNOME Shell

578: Don't know

579: add to panel, and again, add to panel

580: The ability to remove features to improve things

581: ease of use

582: Being free software, so that I can make changes and fix bugs, instead of being limited to whining on the internet about them

583: This question's clearly a trick!

584: Classic Mode

585: The search function in gnome-shell

586: Windows overview display

587: Nautilus dual pane views

588: search in app list, enter to run

589: Ability to mount smb://, ssh://, ...

590: I used to rely on world clock functionality before it was taken away.

591: gnome 2

592: some apps can't be used in desktops and tablets (or phones) in the same way, so i think should be a ecossistem with differents kinds of programas for differents devices

593: Nautilus split screen!

594: smooth, simplicity, beauty

595: not much, just gtk3

596: Multimonitor support

597: Classic drop down app menu, ability to easily add launchers to panels as menus of directories, classic windows switching, panels to be more customizable without the need of extensions.

598: Search bar in the dash

599: The overview, dynamic workspaces, minimal interface

600: Fucking Classic Nautilus

601: Gnome classic (fallback mode)

602: search function in overview

603: panels, desktop icons, sane alt-tab behavior, etc

604: multi-monitors; spacial nautilus

605: Over view mode and the work space switcher.

606: GNOME Shell

607: Focused design

608: nautilus create fucking file

609: It being a desktop manager, not a tablet app manager

610: the gnome terminal

611: window resize handles

612: chat integration,

613: Different keyboard layout for every window

614: Hot corner

615: Panel applets, taskbar, themes

616: workspaces, notifications, message tray, activities button

617: integrated chat

618: Virtual desktops

619: Configurability. Phone interfaces will NEVER be the same as desktop interfaces.

620: good file browser

621: dual pane nautilus

622: gnome panel from 2

623: gnome 3.4 layout

624: Clock in Gnome, I need to check time in Tokyo, Seattle, and Italy. I can check that in really quick in GNOME, not in KDE or other!

625: evolution MAILDIR and adress book +calendar integration

626: activities view

627: The Applications/Windows Overlay

628:

629: Don't touch my GEDIT or Rhythmbox or die!

630: fallback mode

631: gnome session fallback

632: find apps by typing its name

633: I love gnome. I wish it was more flexible. please give us an alternative to mutter that uses the same gnome-panel.

634: empathy messaging integration

635: Multiple workspaces

636: None. Can't use it until you fix Bug 648156

637: GNOME shell

638: I rely on GNOME to look beyond the narrow nitpicks on the list above (e.g. the shutdown options or minimize buttons) to focus on making something that's tightly integrated and truly pleasing to use.

639: fallback mode

640: virtual screens, quick start, menu

641: traditional desktop

642: gnome-shell extensions

643: A launcher

644: The shell

645: magic corner

646: the multi desktops

647: Dynamic Multi Desktops,

648: The Shell, simply, with all its extensions, its stylized windows changing and its search fonctionnalities

649: the categoriea in the overview

650: Simplicity. (Simplicity IS NOT EQUIVALENT TO obfuscation. Someone VERY STUPID has clearly confused the two)

651: activities screen

652: Activities "button"

653: gnome-terminal, split pane nautilus

654: integrated email/chat/social networking/calendars/contacts

655: multimonitor support

656: search functionality

657: Beauty :)

658: Rely on: left bar favorites without scroll,

659: integrated messaging through notifications

660: gnome shell itself

661: Notification muting. I'm easily distracted, one icon changing color is enought for it to happend.

662: buttons on title bar, GS extensions

663: "Keyboard > Shortcuts" config within System Settings

664: Nothing. It has no features.

665: Device configuration (wacom etc.)

666: Online accounts. Please add owncloud! :-)

667: chat notification

668: I do not rely on any GNOME-specific features.

669: Inline Notification Replies

670: keep me in control

671: ability to display a pixel on a screen

672: activities overview, new alt-tab

673: visualy none

674: Keyboard shortcuts

675: easy apps access, search

676: extensions, particularly their access to the top bar. i reinstate the minimize button and use the Window List extension -- bringing back the old desktop paradigm for workspaces on which i have 3 or 4 overlapping windows. i also use system-monitor and cpu-temp indicators, as the work i do often grinds the system and having these indicators always available is a must for my work.

677: extensions, particularly their access to the top bar. i reinstate the minimize button and use the Window List extension -- bringing back the old desktop paradigm for workspaces on which i have 3 or 4 overlapping windows. i also use system-monitor and cpu-temp indicators, as the work i do often grinds the system and having these indicators always available is a must for my work.

678: I liked the taskbar in Gnome 2. In Gnome3 i added one as a extension but it is worse

679: gnome-shell, but with faster rendering

680: Bottom bar with application windows

681: File Notes, Emblems and split pane view in Nautilus

682: I use gnome mostly for a group of core apps. The rest, shell/WM, other tie-ins and dependancies don't mean much, but do offer polish. It's hard to have both flexibility and polish, but removing features without exposing them as options to enable is making me consider moving away from gnome as the over-simplification is getting to the point where it's a deal breaker for me.

683: mashing the meta key to switch apps

684: Workspace switcher!!!

685: 2d support.

686: traditional desktop

687: configuration options

688: Desktop managment, not a fucking tablet

689: I really like the new interface which heavily encourages the use of virtual desktops.

690: Clean desktop, GTK+ apps

691: speed and concept

692: Fallback mode

693: Integrated instant messaging, dynamic workspaces, extensions, overall awesomeness.

694: simply "desktop" interface as opposed to the new "tablet/mobile" interface.... would be nice if I was strictly working on a tablet... but I'm not. :P

695: The Shell way of managing open apps

696: multiple desktops

697: nautilus two panel mode

698: GNOME shell, extensions

699: keyboard shortcuts

700: epiphany web apps, gdk-broadway, Synapse support, Gnote, network connection GUI (old way), GPaste

701: Functionality in general, stability,

702: the interface that is awesome from gnome 2, simple enough for a beginner to use, yet sophisticated enough for a veteran; there are a few unpolished edges (like elevating something like nautlius to rename a protected directory, but otherwise a great DE I will continue to use for the foreseeable future)

703: exposé with windows key, and the search option when you press windows key

704: main menu, applets. icons on desktop

705: Hot corner

706: Gnome 3 Virtual Desktop

707: Alt + `

708: IM Notifications

709: icons on the desktop!

710: speed, simplicity

711: nautilus tree, nautilus dual panel

712: Extensions, Workspaces,

713: automatic resize of windows when going up or left

714: system monitor in panel

715: integrated chat!

716: Nothing I can remember.

717: I love the activities/overview screen for switching apps, and the super key shortcut for opening it

718: nautilus tab,

719: dual panel nautilus

720: pressing backspace to go back a directory in nautilus, split view in nautilus, being able to create blank files in nautilus

721: sound tools, totem, network manager, integrated chat in the shell notification area, time tracker, evince

722: The Overview

723: Any kind of feature removal for the sake of "simplicity"

724: GTK3, Nautilus, Rhythmbox , Gnome-Terminal

725: i did leave gnome because its too bad to use

726: non 3d unaccellerated environment

727: Traditional desktop with file manager

728: classic panel with shortcut buttons and tools

729: Hot corner

730: App Launcher

731: Fallback mode for older video cards (ATI 92xx)

732: Power Manager

733: Easly configured panels with usefull launchers and applets. Straitforward and logical menu/naviagtion.

734: Honestly, I read this question and had to ask how much more they could possibly take away. Just... no.

735: Don't know

736: Better compatibility for GTK2+

737: controlling multiple machines with multiple gnome-session toolbars

738: See: GNOME 2

739: Nautilus is perfect as it is.

740: All kinds of keyboard-shortcuts

741: fallback session

742: panels, desktop icons

743: second monitor different workspace

744: Notifications. Program icons near the notifications area.

745: Gone has gui for controlling wifi while lxde has not.

746: gvfs, gnome-online-accounts

747: fall back for my old system. But new system, text on side for files

748: exposé mode, with Meta key

749: Classic menu

750: focus follows mouse

751: window switcher extension sort of Talika (was for Gnome 2)

752: traditional desktop

753: Activities menu just moving mouse button on top of screen

754: a system without sistemd dependency and other silly dependencies

755: The traditional 2.x interface

756: Various removed features from Nautilus (hello Nemo fork)

757: Whatever Cinnamon uses

758: gnome apps : disks, nautilus etc

759: new gnome search is good

760: Stability of UI

761: As it stands, I would like most features to remain in GNOME 3

762: Gnome settings in general and the dash search itself.

763: a good taskbar + apps there. evolution

764: why would they go away?

765: easy of use

766: a menu of applications, lack of white‐space, system configuration preflets that have more than 2 tick boxes

767: Dynamic desktop feature

768: Ability to easily switch virtual desktops

769: fallback mode

770: no 3D acceleration required

771: window overview

772: gnome-settings-daemon & gnome-control-center

773: A damn fine question...

774: gdm, gtk

775: The customisability of the shell.

776: nautilus tree side pane

777: The paltry bits of configurability and customizability that remain from Gnome2.

778: If changes are to something better, anything can be changed.

779: zaphod multi monitor support

780: Nautilus dual-panel

781: Tree view in Nautilus, Multimonitor

782: nautilus multi views/panels, taskbars, simple accessible applications menu.

783: Shell search, Nautilus

784: Fallback mode

785: Terminal, multiple desktops

786: Keyboard shortcuts. Focus follows mouse.

787: the gnome-shell overlay

788: "I know better than you", stop dumbing down everything

789: shell search

790: Window positioning: edge-snap; virtual desktops

791: Practical, fast and nice UI

792: Activities Overwiev, ease of use, configuration options, online accounts integration

793: Infinite workspaces

794: Nautilus, EOG, Evince, Gedit

795: finding terminal windows

796: Shell & Activities

797: traditional interface (GNOME 2)

798: new alt+tab bevhavior, workspace behavior, themeing extension

799: Instant search, activities, hot corner, instant reply via empathy

800: keyboard shortcuts

801: I don't use Gnome, but ppl build app with GTK and they are ugly esp. under KDE

802: The new shell, window and virtual desktop management

803: Full featured window managers for large screens

804: Both top and bottom pane

805: type-to-find launching

806: both top and bottom panels

807: Alt + F2, gnome-panel

808: the capacity to run application

809:

810: Gnome Online Accounts, gstreamer

811: hot corner and overview, dynamic desktop, empathy in notifications, and many others

812: fallback mode

813: The panel and applets (especially the system monitors).

814: Classic window switcher

815: Custom Themes

816: GNOME Fallback

817: Extensions ;-)

818: desktop metaphor, configurability, extensibility, compatibility, and the look and feel of gtk2 is much better than its sucessor

819: the search bar in the activities view

820: keyboard shortcuts

821: features that where taken out of Nautilus in 3.6

822: indicators, keyring, printer manager

823: I don't use GNOME

824: Extensions or themes, they are essential since the GNOME default is really hard to use.

825: Whole-system integration.

826: I like Evolution and I use it all the time, please keep developing it.

827: GNOME2 - multiple taskbars

828: I need a usable, functional desktop, which GNOME3 fails to deliver

829: Calendar integration in the top panel.

830: Too many to count.

831: I don't really need any GNOME features, just general desktop environment stuff that can easily be found elsewhere

832: Well, a lot of things I relied on already went away (configuration options, galeon, configurability, customizability of behaviour, galeon 1.x, etc.)

833: hot corner, type to search.

834: File Manager

835: Panel (i.e. with system monitor) and virtual desktops

836: extreme multitasking on one desktop. The opposite of a tablet or smartphone interface.

837: Panel monitoring applets

838: Starting apps through shell search

839: Configurable panels, taskbar, keyboard shortcuts including the "Super" key

840: the XP-like menubar

841: The last bits of settings that you can change w/o gconf-editor. Bring back configuration options!

842: expose feature

843: WIMP paradigm (already gone in current releases)

844: nautilus features, compatibility with low spec hardware

845: I loved having a traditional menu, a traditional window space that doesn't feel like it's been poorly optimized for tablets.

846: starting applications via icons

847: nautilus, the task bar, the window title bar, the maximize/minimize/close buttons, alt+tab

848: Shortcuts, make it easier to add shortcuts for programs that run without installers. I.e. Blender...

849: Activities mode

850: extensions and themes (AND COMPATIBILITY)

851: GTK theme compatibility

852: Snapping/tiling of windows, workspaces, search in activities, not having a distracting task bar with windows (alt-tab behavior is great)

853: task bar

854: I relied on its stability, its solid appearance, and its versatility. I loved the seamless integration between compiz (or any other WM) and GNOME2.

855: Gnome Online Accounts, Evolution, Epiphany

856: taskbar and file manager

857: Google Integration

858: Moving left to right on virtual workspaces

859: automatic workspaces

860: Nothing in GNOME shell.

861: power settings, notifications, shell extensions

862: Multiple desktops, Keyboard Support

863: simplicity of gnome 2...it was the most usable desktop i ever used....simple,fast and efficient.

864: Add shutdown / restart / suspend options and minimize / maximize buttons

865: 2 panels (top/bottom)

866:

867: Hot corners!

868: Nautilus split screen

869: all of them

870: Fallback mode (maybe, see comments)

871: online account integration

872: the upper left corner

873: alt+tab and alt+f4

874: the shell search

875: nautilus gvfs, extra panel

876: The minimalist approach removes many options (such as the tree directory in Nautilus 3.6 or other options in Disk) that before in gnome 2 were easily accessible (although sparse)

877:

878: traditional panel based desktop schema

879: activities view/app search

880: notifications always visible on top bar

881: Polished and smooth interface, the exact contrary of KDE

882: Mounting remove servers via nautilus

883: non-touch oriented features - please retain the strengths of a traditional desktop where you don't swipe with chubby fingers/etc

884: new app searching

885: configurability, friendly-look

886: Configurable virtuable desktops

887: Small memory footprint

888: Multimonitor support

889: Use Gnome Classic or fallback (best workflow on desktop)

890: Seriously, nothing!

891: Nautilus and Gedit

892: The hotcorner feature, exposing all the windows and workspaces. GNOME Shell does an excellent job with dynamic workspaces.

893: usability on BSD, without HAL and systemd and other Poettering crap

894: Taskbar, virtual desktops, sane ALT+TAB behaviour

895: top and bottom panels minimize all apps

896: Nautilus extensions

897: theming, configurability (hotkeys etc)

898: the Shell + extensions

899: Activities dialog, integratedIM

900: see above list

901: dynamic workspaces

902: winkey for Activities, Alt+' for app-window switching

903: mate, caja, calculator, pluma, etc.

904: GTK3 not gnome 3 only

905: Compact view in Nautilus

906: Shell expose

907: expose, TOP notification bar, REMOVE bottom bar

908: fallback mode

909: fast access to applications

910: panel, workspace pager, system tray

911: integration with mainstream desktop programs

912: gnome 2 interface

913: They already removed everything I relied on.

914: workspaces, time and weekday on panel

915: The Dash is cool

916: Magnetic window placement in metacity is a killer feature for me

917: Task Bar

918: File search capability from within file manager.

919: The "up directory" button in Nautilus that went away with 3.6! It's like an Apple device now with no easy ability to go up just one level (incredibly useful for servers etc.)

920: efficient user interface of gnome 2

921: keyboard access

922: Taskbar, Menus,

923: Gnome Panel, Nautilus address bar, task bar

924: Classic app menu

925: virtual desks

926: extensions are essential to me cause Gnome 3 still hasn't all features from Gnome 2

927: Notifications, overlay

928: shell meta-key overview, dynamic desktops, IM/Email/Social integration

929: Configurable by user

930: Minimize windows

931: search, taskbar

932: menu system

933: Compiz, Fallback, Gnome-Panel

934: the cleanliness

935: Files on the desktop

936: Colour scheme: Black on white is better readable for me

937: System Monitor, Dictionary

938: nm applet

939: vertical panel, nautilus 2.3x

940: modularity, nautilus, control-center

941: a taskbar, don't care if its done with 2d or 3d acceleration (prefer 3d accel offcourse :) )

942: basic menu

943: Too many...

944: compatable software

945: The ability not to use PulseAudio (in GNOME 2.x)..

946: html5 apps

947: double panel in nautilus

948: shell, look & feel, shell-search, desktop and windowmanagement

949: Nautilus: extra pane, up button, new file. Panel applets, .desktop files.

950: give more choice about inerface

951: i miss the old applications tab on the shell

952: Gnome Panel. Main Menu.

953: The top left expose thing for finding windows is awesome.

954: multiple desktops

955: gnome-shell )))

956: multi desktop

957: stability, nice start and lock screens

958: The GNOME 3 plumbing, Cinnamon relies on it.

959: task bar where each window title is vivible and is one click away

960: Dock to dash + other extensions

961: being lightweight

962: Gnome 2 weather applet with radar

963: Expose-like window management

964: As of now, the Gnome Shell itself, it is becoming a core component and would sorely be missed.

965: Configuration options; ability to work within "legacy" desktop paradigm for productivity applications

966: traditional desktop UI

967: Configuration options

968: keyboard controls

969: the traditional desktop interface

970: Gnome 2

971: For me ist all Ok By now

972: extensions, gnome shell,

973: lightweight (at least, gnome 2 was light enough for me, GNOME 3 is by far too heavy)

974: the shell itself

975: GNOME3 Fallback Mode, which of course they are taking away

976: large, easy to see icons, easy to navigate application menus

977: do not know

978: the windows/apps overlay; Nautilus split view

979: configuration options

980: go away: current app menu, captions next to tray icons, evolution to do list in calendar (if i don't use evolution); rely on: activities, shell searh, network-manager openvpn hosts

981: none, using xfce and unity now

982: nautilus twin panel

983: desktop view and interaction (when you touch by mouse 'application' corner)

984: Menu like in Gnome2

985: Bring back system tray area from GNOME 3.4. It takes too long to manage it in GNOME 3.6.

986: Ability to configure interface to my needs, ability to replace elements of interface.

987: Notifications, Apps view...

988: Shell Search, Extensions

989: <meta> to get to menu

990: Evolution tasks in calendar applet, pinning applications to a panel, quick access to Tomboy, Hamster etc. in a panel

991: Dynamic Workspaces

992: Fail back mode

993: Too many to list. Get real, devs

994: virtual desktops on one monitor, fixed desktop on the other

995: I like the hot corner to search apps and the easy moving of apss between virtual desktops

996: Shell, overall.

997: speed, stability

998: gnome shell

999: social integration

1000: all-in-one control panel

1001: Panel widgets

1002: Dynamic workspaces, Activities (Exposé-like dashboard)

1003: Keyboard shortcuts to quickly change desktops

1004: Application Integration

1005: Low hardware requirements of GNOME2

1006: fallback mode

1007: Gnome3 ? Nothing.

1008: Application Launcher

1009: The new interface, which is actually quite nice once you get used to it.

1010: Hot corner, full screen dash,

1011: Simple look, easy configuration of Gnome2

1012: compatibility with Compiz, gnome-panel

1013: Desktop switching

1014: Workspace handling

1015: GUI consistensy

1016: The expanded windows view

1017: Great Alt+Tab switcher. The best of any WM I've used.

1018: Workspaces, shortcut to search, notifications, multi monitor support

1019: taskbars and drop down menus

1020: Workspaces, shortcut to search, notifications, multi monitor support

1021: Virtual keyboard

1022: 2D Interface, workflow.

1023: shell extensions

1024: Gnome shell does not work with programs opening the wine emulator. You can not activate the program with the "notification area".

1025: Ability to place an icon on the desktop

1026: behavior develop by JS

1027: Variable desktop count

1028: GNOME Fallback Mode

1029: The activites corner. Love it.

1030: Extensions, easy shell restart on minor crash (alt+f2,r)

1031: nice UI design, feature-rich file manager

1032: Extensions. Quick Pulseaudio output switching.

1033: would not like them to go away GNOME 2 Shell

1034: gtk3, the "old" nautilus (and gvfs)... nowdays nothing else

1035: fallback modes e.g.

1036: Add shutdown / restart / suspend options Better compatibility with Compiz and other window managers Developer attitude Reduce dead space in the theme

1037:

1038: Nautilus tree view

1039: none, I'm not using this pile of shit

1040: Don't take anything else away, for the love of God.

1041: Minimalizm as whole :). But the writing in notify bubble is bad idea ... then it is not simple becasue you can carry on talk in this notify bubble or open new windows . I think it should automaticly open a window after click in bubble with out writing inside bubble.

1042: nautilus tabs

1043: the tray and pidgin integration

1044: to be faster than KDE

1045: GtkWebkit, GStreammer

1046: HUD (gnome-do-like tool)

1047: App search, support for AWN+DockbarX as a dock, multiple clocks in clock applet, a proper main menu for browsing without searching

1048: easy of use

1049: dynamic workspaces

1050: traditional interface

1051: GNOME fallback, XKB for keyboard layouts, themes other than Adwaita not segfaulting

1052: Switching Windows with the X-Key

1053: mast be stable !!!!!!!! hate when you forget it

1054: dash search

1055: shell search

1056: task bar, cant live without it!

1057: configurable panel

1058: hot corners

1059: tracker search

1060: tracker search

1061: Rely on Nautilus

1062: All manners of searching in Activities view

1063: All manners of searching in Activities view

1064: Well integrated keyboard shortcuts

1065: Dynamic workspaces, extensions, searchfunction, terminal, applications

1066: notifications, dynamic creation of more virtual desktops

1067: fallback mode, not for UI but power usage and performnce!

1068: Windows/Applications tab from 3.4

1069: Keyboard shortcuts

1070: I like a lot the new design, but a the notification design is poor, extremely noise and the bar don't act like supposed to act (sorry my poor english)

1071: multiscreen, wifi

1072: applet area, network manager

1073: nautilus. disks, other apps Ubuntu includes

1074: Configure it the way I like it, even though it may look and work differently by default

1075: Configurable Menus

1076: applets, taskbar(s), tiled windows, always-on-top, lock, shutdown, suspend buttons

1077: Keyboard/Mouse support

1078: fall-back mode

1079: All features currently available

1080: The simple approach. Desktop Environment should not dominate.

1081: online accounts

1082: I lke the search functionality in Gnome 3

1083: Nautilus extra pane, ability to minimize, optional use of min/max buttons, and window "snapping" to screen edges

1084: All available in gnome 3

1085: Black Theme

1086:

1087: gnome shell app launcher search

1088: All features

1089: Most Features

1090: I'd rather not say, the features I relied on last year have been removed.

1091: Traditional desktop metaphor. FFS.

1092: All current features

1093: Most Features

1094: Dual-Pane in nautilus

1095: gnome fallback

1096: multiple desktops

1097: Activities Overlay

1098: Bulk of it

1099: Current theme

1100: Virtual desktops, Expo

1101: Quite a few of them

1102: The type ahead search, but it is already gone.

1103: Per-application keyboard layout

1104: KISS Philosophy

1105: some parts are much better than xfce eg pulseaudio/networkmanager integration

1106: Launching applications

1107: activities menu

1108: multiple screens

1109: I do not use any GNOME software anymore.

1110: panel, desktop, no 3d requirements

1111: online account

1112: System Settings options like the recent wallpaper settings strip down. I want things like path selection and zoom/scale/stretch brought back.

1113: all gnome2 features.

1114: all-mighty nautilus, specially split view and open terminal here extension

1115: mouse gestures

1116: Chat integration

1117: GTK?.., there aren't really any

1118: nautilus features recently removed...

1119: Logoff, more space on the right of the clock for "applets", keyboard "per window" selection, more power-user oriented options

1120: per window switcher (not per app!)

1121: no particular feature

1122: its existence

1123: Gnome 2.x panel, compiz cupe.

1124: New GNOME Shell interface, GNOME Shell Extensions

1125: Virtual Desktop Support

1126: classic mode without effects

1127: All Gnome 2 features, including Nautilus icon symbols.

1128: gnome shell

1129: gnome shell

1130: gnome-keyring, gvfs

1131: compositing window management, extensions

1132: Some Nautilus capability

1133: Terminal, Workspaces

1134: new alt+tab, overview, search, half-screen "maximize"

1135: The overwiev interface

1136: traditional interface

1137: Top left showing all running programs

1138: extensions, shell-workspace workflow

1139: Nautilus 2-pane, various features that got "simplified"=removed

1140: I'm explaning this in the last form

1141: I don't really rely on a DE - beyond having some kind of a wm.

1142: gnome shell

1143: You should not take a way any features.

1144: desktop rendering without composite manager

1145: chating in notifications

1146: The thing that comes after I click on "Activities"

1147: Shell extensions

1148: double gnome-panel, file-roller backend, automount pendrives

1149: shell search

1150: +nothing -shell!!!

1151: windows-key search, calendar, mail & chat program integration

1152: classic user experience

1153: move notification are to top

1154: Nautilus compact view

1155: multiple virtual desktops

1156: Super key

1157: Old UI.

1158: Drag to corners to resize half screen or drag to top to resize full screen.

1159: Standard notification area (not the new GNOME panel)

1160: hard to describe, it's a general feeling

1161: 2 panel layout(bottom and top)

1162: Running applications

1163: hot corner & window/app selection method +workspace switchin.

1164: Panel with window list and applets

1165: nautilus f3 split, nautilus new file/folder quick options

1166: hot corner

1167: Don't use it any more, it's dead to me.

1168: classic panel

1169: window management, native window placement

1170: Configuration options

1171: Nautilus, Network Manager

1172: Classic Menus

1173: multi-monitor + not running everything fullscreen

1174: Stability, Responsiveness, Visual Appeal, Speed, configuration options, traditional folder-view desktop

1175: Setting must go away

1176: simple, small, lightweight and completely configurable panel

1177: Integrated chat and online services

1178: keyboard shortcuts, extensions, app search

1179: nautilus from gnome 2.x

1180: window management is great in Gnome 3

1181: Gnome 2

1182: the monitor in the panel

1183: I really like the look and feel. It's very good-looking, it just takes me forever to get simple tasks going with it.

1184: traditional desktop

1185: the Gnome® multi monitor support is awesome

1186: workspaces, snapping windows to left and right

1187: Activities corner, window overview, shell search

1188: Interoperability with other "desktops/shells" (Unity, Cinnamon, etc)

1189: gnome dock

1190: Hot corner.

1191: GNOME 3 is not GNOME for me

1192: I indirectly rely on the features of Nautilus as I have switched to Unity from GNOME 2.x as I use Ubuntu for compatibility. I really hate how GNOME continues to cripple the newer versions of Nautilus.

1193: The shiny SVG Icons and the icon set..Everything else is crap and is very hard to use.

1194: Minimise and maximise buttons

1195: multiple desktops

1196: I like the clean, consistent user interface. I like rhythmbox and xbmc, but think they could be integrated into the shell (like documents).

1197: Keyboard Shortcuts

1198: ALT+F2 run dialog box. Pleasssssssssssssse keep it simple and awesome like it is. No buttons..

1199: Most Features

1200: users gnome 2 knowledge

1201: clutter - very slow on C2D

1202: Alt-F2 launcher (whatever it's called), the zoom-out-see-all-windows-in-current-desktop feature

1203: workspaces, extensions.gnome.org, GTK+, themeing

1204: speed, stability,

1205: Gnome Terminal

1206: Nautilus cards

1207: Dynamic workspaces

1208: evolution, snap-to-grid/edge/fullscreen, workspaces, multi-monitor

1209: Stability, easy to use

1210: external monitors

1211: "Apps-Places-Settings" menu, old-school taskbar and old-school dock.

1212: fallback mode

1213: Task bar!

1214: panels applets

1215: less disturbance principle

1216: Type to filter in Gnome Shell

1217: Gnome 2 destop organisation!

1218: The number of configuration options available on Gnome2

1219: The Mac os X-like shape

1220: aplikations to menu

1221: fast search with the super key

1222: workspace switcher

1223: most of them

1224: panel applets, custom panels, no automatic suspend when lid closed, remote X (over ssh),

1225: Taskbar support,better window management,usability

1226: All of them

1227: Applets, addons, extensions, configurability, customizability

1228: Keyboard shortcuts

1229: Keyboard shortcuts

1230: gnome shell

1231: i don't now

1232: I miss taskbar

1233: min/max buttons

1234: workspace switcher

1235: Overview, "type to search"

1236: Web Accounts

1237: Workspace Switcher Gnome2

1238: Multi-monitor support, better JavaScript docs

1239: The overview and the Win-key shortcut for it. Those are the main reason I'm not using Cinnimon.

1240: Mostly the "expose-like" features, _very_important.

1241: the view of all desktops (panorama)

1242: keyboard shortcuts for switching windows and virtual desktops

1243: Activity screen

1244: taskbar, clearity and conciseness

1245: multi row desktop, task bar, notification shown to relevant application on taskbar by flashing

1246: notifications, process switching, friendly user interface

1247: traditional interface, icons on desktop

1248: GNOME Interface, it's original and ergonomic.

1249: You already did take them away.

1250: Applications Menu, Quick Launch

1251: top panel

1252: consistant, predictable, and customizable interface

1253: gnome-shell and the chat notification

1254: I do not rely on any. I do not "need" gnome. which is the obvious result of alienating your userbase. we can all use other window managers.

1255: multiple workspaces, manual rearrangement of the windows in the task bar, terminal

1256: SCP support in Nautilus

1257: Nautilus functions

1258: Fallback Mode

1259: integrated chat, workspaces, shortcuts

1260: Easy Configuration, Flexibilty

1261: The apps

1262: Gnome Shell's dashboard

1263: GNOME 2 stuff rely on but missing in GNOME 3: System Monitor applet, network thru put applet kB/s, names for workspaces.

1264: exposee effect

1265: Hot corner, expose

1266: Typing on the shell is very fast, faster than searching something in a menu.

1267: Nautilus Location Bar

1268: compact icon

1269: panel, menu

1270: xorg-server 1.12 compliant

1271: upper dock panel

1272: Shell search

1273: The panel-less desktop

1274: - GamePad calibration and mapping

1275: - GamePad calibration and mapping

1276: hot corner & global IM status

1277: Panels in Nautilus

1278: all, because GNOME 4 to be black screen without anything

1279: visible task bar / launcher

1280: Throw away large icons and buttons, etc. we are not blind

1281: fixed number of virtual desktops

1282: Speed, reliability

1283: task list

1284: extensibility and themability!

1285: Activities menu

1286: Ability to drag icons across monitors.

1287: Powerful simplicity. See comments below.

1288: app-specific menus

1289: I can't use Gnome, because it lacks critical efficiency-promoting keyboard shortcuts.

1290: elegant design

1291: nothing any longer

1292: Hot corner

1293: hot corner to show windows, typing to launch apps after pushing meta

1294: social network plugins

1295: super key window overview and workspace management, window resize on drag to screen border

1296: It can run as fast as lightening on slow onboard Intel card and have a revolution in interface like Windows 8, which works well under touch or PC. I hate some laggy default apps like web browser or email, they should be insteaded of thunderbird, viber and firefox.

1297: keyboardless operation

1298: The Integrated Chat

1299: Everything that's in Gnome 2

1300: right now nothing mcuh. using openbox

1301: Minimal use of screen real estate

1302: Stability & Integrity

1303:

1304: Compatiblility with non-GNOME apps and environments

1305: panel, shortcuts on the desktop

1306: a true taskbar at the bottom of the screen

1307: task bar

1308: nautilus, gnome-background, gnome-games

1309: window picker, app search

1310: search function

1311: Search, Notificationss

1312: metacity, gnome-terminal, gedit, nautilus

1313: message tray area in bottom

1314: multiple separate desktops on multiple screen. gone with 2.x

1315: Nautilus having been a feature full/rich file manager

1316: UI corner actions

1317: not so special

1318: The search

1319: UI, Evolution, Terminal

1320: alt tab

1321: dockbar;notification hiden bar

1322: I can configure looks & behaviour.

1323: does not consume much resources(gnome2)

1324: App bar

1325: easy to use (and configure)

1326: desktop session saving

1327: hot corner

1328: search and display of windows

1329: Customization. GNOME is becoming a one trick dog, with no way to customize anything.

1330: Desktop icons

1331: gnome classic

1332: Not looking like gnome2.x

1333: external monitors

1334: Clasic Gnome 2 Desktop

1335: Nautilus extensions, Highly configurable panel, Applets

1336: hot corner, shell search, keybord shortcuts

1337: Look and feel

1338: i'm not attached to any specific feature

1339: Windows overview

1340: Screw you, Michael.

1341: Classic Gnome 2x mode

1342: Chat in the notifications.

1343: the shell

1344: week of the year in the calendar (via gnome-tweak-tool), OpenGL 1.4 Support

1345: (relative) simplicity and performance

1346: simplicity, speed

1347: I like how gnome3 doesn't botther me with fancy things while I am concentrated in my work.

1348: Power interface, configuration options for multimonitor.

1349: gedit, nautilus, evince

1350: empathy notification-answer integration; tracker and zeitgeist is useless for me

1351: Workspace management

1352: Activities system

1353: shell search, dynamic workspaces, hot corner

1354: Multiple desktops

1355: superkey+type few character+return to run program

1356: hot corner, type to search.

1357: Multi Desktop

1358: tabbed file browsing in Nautilus

1359: Top-left hotcorner for launching/changing apps

1360: application menu bar

1361: social integration

1362: window management

1363: All of them :)

1364: Gnome shell

1365: Component integration

1366: keyboard integration

1367: GOA, Activities, Notifications

1368: Google account integration

1369: Type and start apps

1370: applications menu, full featured nautilus

1371: hibernation, file type assignments, gnome 2 shell

1372: GNOME Disk Utility, Nautilus, GNOME Shell

1373: none in particular

1374: Shutdown, Restart, Traditional desktop, Minimize/Maximize buttons

1375: compiz compatibility

1376: Virtual Desktops

1377: network manager

1378: The new way of doing things. I hated the old GNOME. The new one is sooo much faster

1379: Meta key

1380: Nautilus Features

1381: gnome fallback/traditional desktop and a feature complete file manager

1382: Older style desktop

1383: gnome-documents, gnome-online-accounts

1384: Super Key

1385: usage of full-screen for elements like activities menu and modern approach to usability

1386: A lot :)

1387: Too late. They already went away.

1388: A sane desktop, but thats gone!

1389:

1390: The desktop, fallback mode, multiple taskbars

1391: normal desktop interface

1392: easy keybinding configuration, eaysy bluetooth and VPN support.

1393: Simple look

1394: it's look like pad

1395: Shell Search

1396: interface with activities

1397: extension and compatibility between versions

1398: App hotcorner, same default theme across the board, it's not driver specific(to an extent).

1399: Activities thingy

1400: window managment, great!

1401: The god-damned system tray. Unless you personally plan to accommodate every single legacy app I use, leave it the hell alone.

1402: Hot-corner / virtual desktop exposure, extensions.gnome.org

1403: The HUD and search menu getting out of my way

1404: basic features such as having minimize and maximize buttons for all windows

1405: only with fallback mode is performance acceptable in VMs, with USB graphics, or on older systems. compositing desktop kills gnome for us.

1406: Touchscreen support

1407: remove this stupid zablet optimized interface and the shell

1408: Too many to list.

1409: Expose-like mode

1410: tomboy notes. system monitor applet. taskbar notifications of xchat messages. rapid app switching

1411: The apps search screen. By far the best I've used (did used windows 7 start, windows 8 fancy start, MacOS spotify, haven't touch unity yet)

1412: Workspace switching, menu, configuration

1413: Extensions to FIX Gnome's shortcomings

1414: old fashioned gnome 2 desktop

1415: Tiling window management, middle click to minimize, close button, (hidden hibernate option), dual monitor dual workspaces, keyboard shorts for switching workspaces, expose window management, buttom notification bar

1416: GNOME-2 Panel Workspace Windows Selector Application Launcher Run Application Seperator

1417: Integration, polish, and stuff that just work

1418: I absolutely rely on being able to search programs by just hitting the super button and typing

1419: grid workspace

1420: launcher, scale windows

1421: dynamic workspaces

1422: dynamic workspaces

1423: universal search

1424: nothing that isn't available in kde, hard to tell

1425: Good use of my Thinkpad's keys

1426: Instant Messaging integration

1427: Not sure

1428: fixed desktop

1429: multi-monitor support

1430: Multiple configurable panels, which can be customized with whichever applets

1431: I don't rely on any of it.

1432: I don't rely on any of it.

1433: the speed of Gnome

1434: Hot corners, wish that it was as configurable as the hto-corn-dog extension

1435: double taskbars

1436: gnome3 desktop

1437: Auto logins

1438: App window switch, social/messengers intergration, network services

1439: Shell is nice and has good future

1440: Window list

1441: a fast usable filemanager

1442: Down panal with windows switcher

1443: hot corner, keybord navigation

1444: Nautilus access to server.

1445: Activity window, window switcher etc

1446: rightmost menu with important commands

1447: gnome 2 interface

1448: Taskbar in GNOME2

1449: Tree view in Nautilus (I think its already gone in 3.6)

1450: integration, uniqueness, homogenization, robustness

1451: power consumption with gnome 3 has regressed (would love to see phoronix measure them someday. a window manager sitting idle should not use up extra cpu or gpu ressources)

1452: The whole gnome shell sucks

1453: easy navigation, GNOME 2 system tary applets

1454: uhm… gnome-system-monitor.

1455: The bright UI and the Gtk+

1456: The bright UI and the Gtk+

1457: Nothing particular

1458: Gnome Shell

1459: The widgets on the bars

1460: Alt+F2, r

1461: nautilus compact view

1462: PIM integration

1463: sloppy focus

1464: I'm using kde.

1465: There's a reason why the "traditional" GUI got that way -- it works the best.

1466: search,application center,quick switch windows by thumbnails

1467: Activities screen

1468: black panel

1469: themes, multiple desktops

1470: nothing special

1471: Following its own way

1472: keyboard shortcuts

1473: type-ahead navigating (not searching!) in file manager, alt+tab switches between windows instead of apps

1474: multi monitor support

1475:

1476: Traditional desktop metaphor

1477: Brasero, Dia, Evince, Gcalctool, gThumb, Planner

1478: I did like Sun java in the old days, I like the accessibility of Gnome, I hate Unity.

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