Hi Hugh,

On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 1:09 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
<[email protected]> wrote:

> (It's hard to talk about this GUI stuff because I (and probably you) don't
> know the names of visual components.)

The shell-introduction page in the online help (press the super key
and type help) looks like it's been updated recently.

> On the top bar of the screen, "Activities" is on the far left.
> Next to it used to be the name of the application that had focus.
> If you clicked on that name, you would get a list of instances of that
> application, plus a couple of other potentially useful choices.
> Am I the only one who cares about the loss of this feature?

I used to use the app menu once in a while.

> The word "Activities" has been replaced with a horizontal oval and a dot.
> I don't know what that change signifies.  I don't even know how to
> interrogate GNOME about this.

The oval-and-dot is now called the activities button.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2902


Mike
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