I too was put off by this initially. But, as was mentioned. give it a try and you may find you don't need it. I typically have a dozen applications going for work and I have adapted quite quickly. Took me about 4 days. That being said, I think it would be crazy not to have a good taskbar extension with nice, smooth integration (perhaps from somebody other than the core shell team) in future versions--I get why it's not there but that doesn't mean people don't want it and perhaps need it.
That being said, you can install a dock extension and the tint2 taskbar also works (at least in F15): http://www.micahcarrick.com/gnome3-shell-taskbar-dock.html <http://www.micahcarrick.com/gnome3-shell-taskbar-dock.html> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com> wrote: > I just installed F15 (Rawhide). It uses Gnome 3. > > I resisted the temptation to switch to Fallback mode, because > quick googling showed me that Fallback mode will be phased out > in not-so-distant future. Therefore I am using the new interface. > > My general impression as a user is negative. > A lot of things have changed for no apparent reason, even those > things which worked just fine. Why? > > To facilitate a more productive discussion, I will limit my > rants^W feedback to one per email. So, here it goes: > > Where is the task bar? > > I am one of those guys who likes to see the bar with all running apps, > so that I can find out what runs and what doesn't by simply looking at > it, without any clicking and/or mouse movement. Alt-Tabbing or > go-to-upper-left-corner'ing is a usability regression for me. > > I do understand that some people don't find it that important/useful, > and they consider task bar removal a good thing which freed a bit > of screen real estate. > > However, I am sure I am not alone. There are people who like the task > bar. > > Since limiting the interface to only one of these choices will make > a fraction of user population unhappy, and (I presume) Gnome wants > to have a wide user base rather than narrow one, I propose to bring it > back from the dead, but make optional. > > -- > vda > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > -- *Green Tackle* - *Environmentally Friendly Fishing Tackle* www.GreenTackle.com <http://www.greentackle.com> Email: mi...@greentackle.com Phone: 971.270.2206 Toll Free: 877.580.9165 Fax: 503.946.3106
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