On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:59 PM, isdtor@gmail.com wrote:
That's the concept behind the classic mode that was added as part of Gnome 3.8 and will be the default desktop on RHEL 7. Its user experience is right in line with Gnome 2 and isn't too much off a shift for existing users of RHEL, so I don't think there's any reason to get out the pitchforks.
Classic mode is a joke. I've tried it briefly on F19 and only agree with http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?s=d8e300363d613f371d2f39a913480ca.... We want our users to be productive from day one. Fiddling around with this extension and that extension for 28 days to get a usable desktop is not an option (although Gallagher's review is quite good in most regards,
I would disagree with that statement. I've always felt that Nautilus was a horrible interface and I've always been perplexed by the default behavior of opening a new window when I click on a folder. So you're never gonna make everyone happy.
http://sgallagh.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/one-week-with-gnome-3-classic-prolo....
I'm looking forward to the first RHEL7 beta to see first hand what we will be having to deal with. Haven't seen much more than RH Summit presentations yet.
Have you even tried the classic mode? From the times that I've used it, it is pretty close to a Gnome 2 style of user interface and it seemed like it would be pretty familiar to anyone that's used to Gnome 2.
Dave