The Best Features Of GNOME In 2012
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