can anyone, honestly, without reading the article (or guessing from the headline), tell me which of these is the "modern" design?
<img alt="screenshot of the nautilus file manager in light mode" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoULH4V9onNdjcFRUwAO-bla7c4v7N9pF5qDrat0-k8Le__gPzifqvJMKsGpQOXTmlsOTkX1hiTmQ4R26fRdgxDA6Ck_6n8OthBitymvuUhcprchQQ9jKJZLFi54bIFyz5OKQe8gBjfSrknjNGbnvq0_BZ6mveOYSufJCNCeNzI487_o3f-i6Y-nJp/s947/gnome44-nautilus-tab-options.png">
<img alt="screenshot of the nautilus file manager in light mode" src="https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/n45-1.webp">
edit: people are getting confused by the fact that one is tree view, not icons view so i changed the image. old image here
flashgnash@lemm.ee
on 29 Aug 2023 16:04
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It’d be kinda nice if they made these kinds of changes options rather than just deciding this is best
Could honestly take it or leave it, doesn’t really add anything
i’m not even sure it’s worth having an option. i don’t think i’d even have noticed a difference, apart from the menu button being in a slightly different place to every other gnome app. it’s fine; but it wasn’t worth the development time
The last thing I want is an option for this. My gosh, imagine the amount of options you would end up with if every single design choice was turned into an option. Who in the world would like that many options.
I'm happy to just have a design team work on whatever they think looks better and works best for the user experience, and implement it after some rounds of public review and testing. This looks neat enough to me - slightly less cluttered than what my current Nautilus window looks like while maintaining the same functionality.
Seriously, I envy you guys. Every time I try to use Plasma, I end up spending all my time tweaking the desktop, and by the time I’m done, I realize I’ve just recreated the Gnome workflow…
I had to look up Fitts’s law, and I’m not sure I get it. Could you explain what you mean?
ETA: I kinda feel like mine was about KDE not being a fit for me personally, and yours was a slam on Gnome rather than a statement of personal preference.
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
on 29 Aug 2023 19:23
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That’s the neat thing. It’s so customizable, you can turn it into another desktop environment.
I found it rather laggy. Maybe I should give it more of a chance just felt clunky and laggy to me (I assume because it’s superimposed ontop of GNOME not integrated into it)
Edit: I gave it another chance and I actually really like it thank you for calling me out on that
Think it was only clunky because I already had a bunch of stuff open before turning it on
0000@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 16:11
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Well I just switched to KDE Plasma last week and I’m pleasantly surprised just how many things are configurable via a menu and how well it runs on Wayland With a Nvidia GPU.
I used to despise KDE Neon, and used Gnome for a bit, but I don’t think I can go back anymore until their design philosophy changes again.
flashgnash@lemm.ee
on 29 Aug 2023 20:32
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Problem for me is KDE is dependant on configuration to get it to look nice, GNOME looks nice and works well out of the box but sucks if you want to do anything ontop of that base
I hope they stick to the design philosophy, having different choices in DE is a good thing.
sugartits@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 16:52
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Adding options
Gnome desktop
Pick one.
Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 29 Aug 2023 16:42
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Full height sidebar - from Mac OS 7 or so - must be modern?
InFerNo@lemmy.ml
on 29 Aug 2023 17:04
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The first one doesn’t waste space in the title bar by expanding the locator and navigator buttons there.
owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml
on 29 Aug 2023 17:29
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Apparently “modern” means hiding options behind extra clicks
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
on 29 Aug 2023 18:52
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i may be blind but what exactly was hidden behind one or more clicks?
Spider89@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 19:08
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Notice Min/Max buttons missing from window bar?
That’s the default.
true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space
on 29 Aug 2023 20:34
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The idea is that you’re not supposed to minimize windows at all under Gnome’s workflow, and you maximize by double-clicking the headerbar to save space. You get used to it.
apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca
on 29 Aug 2023 20:55
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It’s a bit weird to me how, on a post regarding a GNOME update, people feel the need to come out of the woodwork to explain how they prefer to use Plasma or any other DE or WM.
This is Linux, you can use whatever you feel like using. Let people be happy with what they’re happy with.
Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 30 Aug 2023 00:02
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That’s nothing new though, that’s been Gnomes thing for over a decade
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
on 30 Aug 2023 08:32
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tbh not the best choice but that’s just their design language I guess. what I was asking about tho was this post’s redesign specifically
I think “modern” can be interpreted as nice and clean UI which is beautiful to watch and only the absolutely most important stuff is shown and the rest is hidden. So, like apple design approaches, I guess. Say form over function.
Microsoft tends to go that route as well. Luckily for user who like function over form, there are different flavors of Linux.
HouseWolf@lemmy.ml
on 29 Aug 2023 17:46
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Corpo’s and social media “designers” who would throw out their own mother because she’s “outdated”
Honestly as someone who doesn’t use Gnome… I can’t really tell much of a difference, Seems like a strange thing to build hype over.
joel_feila@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 22:01
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hey as long as it has thumbnail preview I will be hyped.
jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
on 30 Aug 2023 08:31
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as a GNOME user I also don’t get the hype lol
curioushom@lemmy.one
on 29 Aug 2023 17:49
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Clearly the dark mode is the modern one! Jokes aside, I just realized that there THREE menu options on that toolbar: hamburger, kebab, and waffle! I realize they do different things, but no wonder people are confused by and scared of computers. Also, now I’m hungry!
Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org
on 29 Aug 2023 18:28
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as someone who’s not scared of computers, i have no idea what they do. i assume the right one is icons/list/compact[^1] not a waffle menu, but the hamburger and kebab? i have no clue
[^1]: though why it’s showing list when the current view is icons, i don’t know either
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
on 29 Aug 2023 19:22
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Since the kebab menu is inside the location/search box, I’m guessing it contains search-related options.
maybe; but if the location of menu buttons hints at their use then the hamburger should collapse the side drawer like the one on e.g. youtube, but i doubt it does
aka_oscar@beehaw.org
on 31 Aug 2023 16:50
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It has the same options as right clicking on an empty space in a directory. Stuff like Create a new folder, Create a new file, that sort of thing. “Actions you might wanna make on this directory”. When you start searching, there is another button that appears and that one is the one that let you filter search options
I dont see the usefulness of that button tbh. Its like it assumes good ol right click isnt discoverable on its own. Idk anyond who has a mouse and hasnt pressed right click ever.
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
on 31 Aug 2023 19:08
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That would be useful on a tablet, where right-clicking is impossible.
CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space
on 29 Aug 2023 22:11
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Well the dark mode screenshot makes less efficient use of space so it must be the modern one.
List/grid view are in the top right. This is an unfair comparison having one in list and one in grid, when they both clearly have a button (in the same location even) to switch modes.
Dark is clearly the modern one though, but presumably you can switch between dark and light.
CloverSi@lemmy.comfysnug.space
on 30 Aug 2023 02:51
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I was referring to the unnecessary header text on the sidebar, squeezing everything else up there. I am aware there are different display modes lol
redcalcium@lemmy.institute
on 30 Aug 2023 02:45
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The bottom one looks like a mobile app interface, so it must’ve been the “modern” one.
Heavybell@lemmy.world
on 30 Aug 2023 06:38
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Petition to force anyone talking about software to use “trendy” or “fashionable” instead of “modern”.
It’s just my opinion (since it’s not in the article) but a thing that makes Gnome and Libadwaita a “modern design” is the fact that the production behind it tries to bridge the gap between a “mouse and keyboard” and a “touch screen” workflow.
None of the other DEs come even close to Gnome when used on a tablet
meh, subjectively i find that creates a “worst of both worlds” situation. but this comment was more about the futility of the development time that went into this specific feature
this comment was more about the futility of the development time that went into this specific feature
yeah sorry, I should have been more specific with my answer: features like this are supposed to help you in a touch screen situation or in general with smaller screens.
When the window is resized under a certain size, the left panel becomes hidden and with it part of the top bar, to make it less cluttered and confusing.
The difference is minimal, in the newer version you have 1 less element when the sidebar is collapsed (the hamburger menu).
Generally speaking Gnome 44 is already well optimized, 45 is going to be a more “tweaks and small improvements” kind of update rather than a big design changes
nah, i agree with you. win explorer with qttabbar, tortoisegit, and some tweaks from winaerotweaker
dolphin is pretty good though and it has some features that explorer doesn’t, like a terminal pane
ebits21@lemmy.ca
on 29 Aug 2023 16:39
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Great. Now do split panel!
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Aug 2023 16:47
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And column browse
gzrrt@kbin.social
on 29 Aug 2023 16:51
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What's the advantage vs. the current version?
Also looks like it's removing an important visual affordance (i.e., which areas you can click to drag the window), unless I'm misinterpreting it
Markaos@lemmy.one
on 29 Aug 2023 17:25
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Also looks like it’s removing an important visual affordance (i.e., which areas you can click to drag the window), unless I’m misinterpreting it
The top bar has been full of buttons with no whitespace for a year or more now, that’s not new (you can still drag the window using the whole bar, but it’s definitely not intuitive and made me subconsciously do Win+drag to be safe many times).
This seems to be a relatively minor visual update to have the left sidebar fill the whole window - maybe they want more space for shortcuts at a given window height? No clue.
Edit: never mind, checked again and it’s literally just a tiny visual update with no change to the actual content of the sidebar, but it takes some space away from the top bar.
grimaferve@kglitch.social
on 29 Aug 2023 18:04
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Win+drag
Thank you internet person, you have changed my life forever.
I_like_cats@lemmy.one
on 29 Aug 2023 18:18
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Yes. That is such a good feature. Before I knew this I don’t know how I managed my windows
robinm@programming.dev
on 29 Aug 2023 20:11
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I use win+arrow key quite a lot too.
russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net
on 29 Aug 2023 21:29
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I absolutely love this shortcut, and have been using it for a little bit. Now I just wish there was one that would let me enter “resize” mode. The idea being that you hold a key down, and when you drag the window it’ll resize from corner your cursor is closest to.
Some environments use super+rmb to do that. If yours doesn’t, maybe see if it can be set as an option.
russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net
on 30 Aug 2023 06:15
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Ah! It appears while that isn’t a default shortcut in GNOME, you can kinda get that by setting the Resize Window shortcut under Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Window menu.
It’s a bit wonky if you want to resize it diagonally, as it moves the cursor to the center of the window, and then whichever is the first direction you drag the mouse is the edge it snaps to in order to start resizing. Works perfect for top/right/bottom/left, but if you try it diagonally then often it gets one of the other directions instead.
I will however have to remember that shortcut for when I’m on other DEs!
The current version has some problems with adaptivity, e.g. resizing the app window can cause issues. This led to the creation of new libadwaita widgets. If you want to read the technical details, see blogs.gnome.org/alicem/…/rethinking-adaptivity/
I find Dolphin wy better… But renaming & adding files to new folder is better on Nautilus, but as I don’t care much about renaming anymore, and Dolphin is quick enough to surpass the other feature, meh
moonpiedumplings@programming.dev
on 30 Aug 2023 02:07
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The search on nautilus is probably better because a lot of gnome distros have the file indexer enabled by default, and that’s what nautilus uses, but many kde distros don’t come with the kde indexer, so dolphin doesn’t index by default.
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 16:58
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I’d love a setting to change the default file manager. I always install Nemo and configure it to be the default but last I checked, it’s not a simple GUI setting like changing the default browser or email client or whatever. And then you end up with two programs called “Files,” which obviously isn’t ideal.
Would it be that much of a problem to have what app is “Files” be a simple setting? Maybe it’s way more complicated than one assumes.
My dream is that one day we will be able to assign default applications to the “generic” names in Gnome. Launch “Browser” and open Firefox (or chrome 🤢), Files and open Dolphin, Messages and open Elements etc etc.
Obviously I can do the same with custom .desktop files but it would be a nice flair to use the settings to just assign applications to those generic names.
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 29 Aug 2023 18:59
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You can set the default app in the settings though, right?
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 22:47
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Maybe they added this when I wasn’t looking. It’s been awhile since I did a fresh install of a Gnome distro. (I use Fedora for work stuff and I’ve learned over the years to leave my work laptop the fuck alone and distro hop on a personal laptop.)
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de
on 30 Aug 2023 16:44
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It’s still a problem. And then once I finally set thunar as default, Firefox continues to open Nautilus. Removing Nautilus isn’t an option either since it’s a dependencie of something else.
I really hope choosing a default file manager woll be simple and always working at some point.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
on 30 Aug 2023 21:29
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Yes and no. The setting affects the file manager, but things like “open/save file” dialogues will still use the Gnome file chooser, which is separate from Nautilus and not easily circumvented.
priapus@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Aug 2023 21:27
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Most DEs do include the file manager in the default applications menu. You can also use xdg-mime to set it as the default for inode/directory
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de
on 30 Aug 2023 16:45
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Until some app doesn’t care about xdg-mime. At least I had some issues with firefox a while ago.
priapus@sh.itjust.works
on 30 Aug 2023 18:14
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Firefox uses xdg-mime or xdg portals, depending on the configuration of the package. If you are using it as a flatpak, it will use portals.
Apps using portals will use the file picker your portal provides. This will usually be either the GNOME or Plasma file picker. Note that this file picker is separate from your default file manager.
Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de
on 30 Aug 2023 20:50
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It wasn’t about the file picker but the file manager that opens after clicking the button to open the folder a downloaded file is saved in. It was indeed flatpak firefox iirc.
It did work at some point but broke again… At the moment it works I believe (at least I didn’t get a call from my mom about the file manager being wrong again).
balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 29 Aug 2023 23:05
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Having to create .desktop files in god knows where for me to be able to right click -> “open with” my program of choice sure pushed me away
I don’t even know what they were thinking not letting you beowse for any executable file on disk
redcalcium@lemmy.institute
on 30 Aug 2023 02:48
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Aren’t you supposed to use alacarte app to create new program entry on gnome?
balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 01 Sep 2023 22:22
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That’s definitely not what Google told me to do at the time in 2015
DryTomatoes4@lemm.ee
on 30 Aug 2023 21:52
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Yeah same. There are some types of text file where gedit doesn’t even appear as an option. Like sometimes I don’t want to open .xml files in the browser.
I was able to set VScode for .xml files but not gedit. It’s not a huge deal but that one thing makes gnome feel like immature software.
TCB13@lemmy.world
on 29 Aug 2023 18:39
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Gotta keep up with Apple you know ahah
Only if they could copy the original Exposé from macOS Tiger.
Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social
on 29 Aug 2023 19:55
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I just want someone to finally copy column view from Finder. I know Ranger has it but it would be nice if Nautilus or Dolphin would implement it.
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
on 29 Aug 2023 19:01
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I’m very glad GNOME does such an amazing job staying modern in its look. GNU+Linux and free software would be much worse off without it.
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
on 29 Aug 2023 19:19
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Not a fan of slicing up the title bar like that, to be honest. Yeah, it saves some space, but I’m on a desktop with plenty of screen space, so that really isn’t a priority, and being able to easily move windows around is a priority.
Also, what the hell is wrong with old-fashioned menus? This isn’t a phone. GNOME doesn’t even run on phones.
ProtonBadger@kbin.social
on 29 Aug 2023 20:31
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As a laptop user I love the idea that some of the titlebar space being utilized. I don't use GNOME though. I hope there will continue to be good UXs for both of us.
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
on 29 Aug 2023 20:58
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Even my laptop has a large-ish display (17 inch). Really not a fan of small displays. Sure, large laptops are heavy, but I could use the exercise. 😄
palordrolap@kbin.social
on 29 Aug 2023 23:41
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That's the thing. There is no title bar. The title bar, if forced to exist, would go above both of those sections.
GNOME apps seem to have been headed in this direction for a while.
If I open gnome-disks, for example, the title bar is kind of odd because it doesn't show the name of the program at all. It only shows the size of the currently selected disk, and underneath that in a smaller text subheading is the actual device pathname of the disk. How many other programs do you know that have a subheading under the window title in the title bar?
This feels like an early decision to do something different with that part of the window.
Further along in the evolution is the dconf-editor which no longer shows any kind of title bar at all. The window manager shows that the window title is "dconf Editor" but there's nothing on the window itself that says that.
Earlier versions of each definitely had a standard title bar (I remember dconf-editor having one fairly clearly, because the new interface seemed strange at first), but not any more.
There's also that desktop web browsers generally request that their title bar not be shown. Given that everyone has at least one browser window open, it would be almost foolish to assume there's been no influence from that design choice.
argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
on 01 Sep 2023 21:23
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There’s also that desktop web browsers generally request that their title bar not be shown.
Those have the excuse that they’re basically several windows in one, and the tabs are the title bar-equivalents. Very few apps have that excuse, though.
Side note: KDE’s tabbed windows feature was pretty neat. Too bad it’s gone.
gamey@feddit.rocks
on 30 Aug 2023 00:34
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I don’t like Nautilus and always srick with Nemo but the new look of many Gnome apps is really nice!
ikidd@lemmy.world
on 30 Aug 2023 05:45
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I kind of agree, it’s nothing special, but the new window management they talked about sounds exciting actually. But thats far in the future.
BigBangFieri@lemmy.ml
on 30 Aug 2023 15:09
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Been a Gnome user for years and always glad to see them modernize the UI more, but the one thing I desperately want is .stl and/or .3mf thumbnailers to just work with Nautilus. Tried several times to set up in Fedora using f3d, but instead just get blurry question mark thumbnails
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
on 30 Aug 2023 21:22
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Looks nice, but if I could trade these visual gimmicks for a type-ahead feature, I would do so in a heartbeat.
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who even decides what’s “modern” anymore?
can anyone, honestly, without reading the article (or guessing from the headline), tell me which of these is the "modern" design?
<img alt="screenshot of the nautilus file manager in light mode" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoULH4V9onNdjcFRUwAO-bla7c4v7N9pF5qDrat0-k8Le__gPzifqvJMKsGpQOXTmlsOTkX1hiTmQ4R26fRdgxDA6Ck_6n8OthBitymvuUhcprchQQ9jKJZLFi54bIFyz5OKQe8gBjfSrknjNGbnvq0_BZ6mveOYSufJCNCeNzI487_o3f-i6Y-nJp/s947/gnome44-nautilus-tab-options.png"> <img alt="screenshot of the nautilus file manager in light mode" src="https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/n45-1.webp"> edit: people are getting confused by the fact that one is tree view, not icons view so i changed the image. old image here
It’d be kinda nice if they made these kinds of changes options rather than just deciding this is best
Could honestly take it or leave it, doesn’t really add anything
i’m not even sure it’s worth having an option. i don’t think i’d even have noticed a difference, apart from the menu button being in a slightly different place to every other gnome app. it’s fine; but it wasn’t worth the development time
The last thing I want is an option for this. My gosh, imagine the amount of options you would end up with if every single design choice was turned into an option. Who in the world would like that many options.
I'm happy to just have a design team work on whatever they think looks better and works best for the user experience, and implement it after some rounds of public review and testing. This looks neat enough to me - slightly less cluttered than what my current Nautilus window looks like while maintaining the same functionality.
KDE fans?
Awww, Plasma fans, you know I’m playin’.
yep, that’s me
Seriously, I envy you guys. Every time I try to use Plasma, I end up spending all my time tweaking the desktop, and by the time I’m done, I realize I’ve just recreated the Gnome workflow…
every time i try to use gnome, i end up spending all my time going “dammit, where are all the bleeding features”
(also the lack of fitts’ law adherence due to that pointless bar at the top)
I had to look up Fitts’s law, and I’m not sure I get it. Could you explain what you mean?
ETA: I kinda feel like mine was about KDE not being a fit for me personally, and yours was a slam on Gnome rather than a statement of personal preference.
That’s the neat thing. It’s so customizable, you can turn it into another desktop environment.
I mean, almost. I can pull it off on my desktop, but I can’t get the touchpad/touchscreen gestures to work right on my laptop.
Kinda looking forward to Plasma 6 to play around with, though. Might even be enough to get me to switch for a while!
I tried KDE, it’s cool but I get the same thing of trying to recreate gnome/pantheon
It kinda sucks in GNOME when there’s just one thing you would like to change though
Have been trying to get a tiling window manager on GNOME but all the gnome extensions that do it kinda suck
Really? I’m not a tiling WM kinda guy, but I thought Forge was decent.
I found it rather laggy. Maybe I should give it more of a chance just felt clunky and laggy to me (I assume because it’s superimposed ontop of GNOME not integrated into it)
Edit: I gave it another chance and I actually really like it thank you for calling me out on that
Think it was only clunky because I already had a bunch of stuff open before turning it on
Well I just switched to KDE Plasma last week and I’m pleasantly surprised just how many things are configurable via a menu and how well it runs on Wayland With a Nvidia GPU.
I used to despise KDE Neon, and used Gnome for a bit, but I don’t think I can go back anymore until their design philosophy changes again.
Problem for me is KDE is dependant on configuration to get it to look nice, GNOME looks nice and works well out of the box but sucks if you want to do anything ontop of that base
I hope they stick to the design philosophy, having different choices in DE is a good thing.
Adding options
Gnome desktop
Pick one.
Full height sidebar - from Mac OS 7 or so - must be modern?
The first one doesn’t waste space in the title bar by expanding the locator and navigator buttons there.
Apparently “modern” means hiding options behind extra clicks
i may be blind but what exactly was hidden behind one or more clicks?
Notice Min/Max buttons missing from window bar?
That’s the default.
The idea is that you’re not supposed to minimize windows at all under Gnome’s workflow, and you maximize by double-clicking the headerbar to save space. You get used to it.
It’s a bit weird to me how, on a post regarding a GNOME update, people feel the need to come out of the woodwork to explain how they prefer to use Plasma or any other DE or WM.
This is Linux, you can use whatever you feel like using. Let people be happy with what they’re happy with.
That’s nothing new though, that’s been Gnomes thing for over a decade
tbh not the best choice but that’s just their design language I guess. what I was asking about tho was this post’s redesign specifically
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I think “modern” can be interpreted as nice and clean UI which is beautiful to watch and only the absolutely most important stuff is shown and the rest is hidden. So, like apple design approaches, I guess. Say form over function. Microsoft tends to go that route as well. Luckily for user who like function over form, there are different flavors of Linux.
Corpo’s and social media “designers” who would throw out their own mother because she’s “outdated”
Honestly as someone who doesn’t use Gnome… I can’t really tell much of a difference, Seems like a strange thing to build hype over.
hey as long as it has thumbnail preview I will be hyped.
as a GNOME user I also don’t get the hype lol
Clearly the dark mode is the modern one! Jokes aside, I just realized that there THREE menu options on that toolbar: hamburger, kebab, and waffle! I realize they do different things, but no wonder people are confused by and scared of computers. Also, now I’m hungry!
TIL of kebab and waffle menus.
as someone who’s not scared of computers, i have no idea what they do. i assume the right one is icons/list/compact[^1] not a waffle menu, but the hamburger and kebab? i have no clue
[^1]: though why it’s showing list when the current view is icons, i don’t know either
Since the kebab menu is inside the location/search box, I’m guessing it contains search-related options.
maybe; but if the location of menu buttons hints at their use then the hamburger should collapse the side drawer like the one on e.g. youtube, but i doubt it does
It has the same options as right clicking on an empty space in a directory. Stuff like Create a new folder, Create a new file, that sort of thing. “Actions you might wanna make on this directory”. When you start searching, there is another button that appears and that one is the one that let you filter search options
I dont see the usefulness of that button tbh. Its like it assumes good ol right click isnt discoverable on its own. Idk anyond who has a mouse and hasnt pressed right click ever.
That would be useful on a tablet, where right-clicking is impossible.
Well the dark mode screenshot makes less efficient use of space so it must be the modern one.
List/grid view are in the top right. This is an unfair comparison having one in list and one in grid, when they both clearly have a button (in the same location even) to switch modes.
Dark is clearly the modern one though, but presumably you can switch between dark and light.
I was referring to the unnecessary header text on the sidebar, squeezing everything else up there. I am aware there are different display modes lol
The bottom one looks like a mobile app interface, so it must’ve been the “modern” one.
Petition to force anyone talking about software to use “trendy” or “fashionable” instead of “modern”.
It’s just my opinion (since it’s not in the article) but a thing that makes Gnome and Libadwaita a “modern design” is the fact that the production behind it tries to bridge the gap between a “mouse and keyboard” and a “touch screen” workflow.
None of the other DEs come even close to Gnome when used on a tablet
meh, subjectively i find that creates a “worst of both worlds” situation. but this comment was more about the futility of the development time that went into this specific feature
yeah sorry, I should have been more specific with my answer: features like this are supposed to help you in a touch screen situation or in general with smaller screens.
When the window is resized under a certain size, the left panel becomes hidden and with it part of the top bar, to make it less cluttered and confusing.
but …surely you could just do the same thing with the old design? artist’s rendition:
<img alt="" src="https://files.catbox.moe/rxi19o.png">
in fact, now i look at it, it makes them look even more similar once i collapse the sidebar
The difference is minimal, in the newer version you have 1 less element when the sidebar is collapsed (the hamburger menu).
Generally speaking Gnome 44 is already well optimized, 45 is going to be a more “tweaks and small improvements” kind of update rather than a big design changes
Agreed, I’m not an expert, kind of new to linux, but I could see being very comfortable on a Gnome based tablet.
Honestly, I haven’t yet seen the article, the light theme one is probably newer because of tabs.
Anyways both look like an android app, I know most will hate reading this but Windows Explorer rules.
nah, i agree with you. win explorer with qttabbar, tortoisegit, and some tweaks from winaerotweaker
dolphin is pretty good though and it has some features that explorer doesn’t, like a terminal pane
Great. Now do split panel!
And column browse
What's the advantage vs. the current version?
Also looks like it's removing an important visual affordance (i.e., which areas you can click to drag the window), unless I'm misinterpreting it
The top bar has been full of buttons with no whitespace for a year or more now, that’s not new (you can still drag the window using the whole bar, but it’s definitely not intuitive and made me subconsciously do Win+drag to be safe many times).
This seems to be a relatively minor visual update to have the left sidebar fill the whole window -
maybe they want more space for shortcuts at a given window height?No clue.Edit: never mind, checked again and it’s literally just a tiny visual update with no change to the actual content of the sidebar, but it takes some space away from the top bar.
Thank you internet person, you have changed my life forever.
Yes. That is such a good feature. Before I knew this I don’t know how I managed my windows
I use win+arrow key quite a lot too.
I absolutely love this shortcut, and have been using it for a little bit. Now I just wish there was one that would let me enter “resize” mode. The idea being that you hold a key down, and when you drag the window it’ll resize from corner your cursor is closest to.
Some environments use super+rmb to do that. If yours doesn’t, maybe see if it can be set as an option.
Ah! It appears while that isn’t a default shortcut in GNOME, you can kinda get that by setting the
Resize Windowshortcut underKeyboard -> Shortcuts -> Windowmenu.It’s a bit wonky if you want to resize it diagonally, as it moves the cursor to the center of the window, and then whichever is the first direction you drag the mouse is the edge it snaps to in order to start resizing. Works perfect for top/right/bottom/left, but if you try it diagonally then often it gets one of the other directions instead.
I will however have to remember that shortcut for when I’m on other DEs!
Try can enable resizing with Meta and Right Click in Gnome Tweaks, it doesn’t cause to move cursor to the center of the window
Oh my god! Thank you!
I don’t know how I’ve never seen this setting in Tweaks before, I thought I had looked over them all… That does exactly what I’m looking for!
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i welcome merging two triple-dot menus into one, according to screenshots.
The current version has some problems with adaptivity, e.g. resizing the app window can cause issues. This led to the creation of new libadwaita widgets. If you want to read the technical details, see blogs.gnome.org/alicem/…/rethinking-adaptivity/
I don’t think I can go back to Nautilus after using Dolphin for so long, even if the search is far better.
So it’s not just me having files that exist, but aren’t found at all sometimes?
I find Dolphin wy better… But renaming & adding files to new folder is better on Nautilus, but as I don’t care much about renaming anymore, and Dolphin is quick enough to surpass the other feature, meh
The search on nautilus is probably better because a lot of gnome distros have the file indexer enabled by default, and that’s what nautilus uses, but many kde distros don’t come with the kde indexer, so dolphin doesn’t index by default.
I’d love a setting to change the default file manager. I always install Nemo and configure it to be the default but last I checked, it’s not a simple GUI setting like changing the default browser or email client or whatever. And then you end up with two programs called “Files,” which obviously isn’t ideal.
Would it be that much of a problem to have what app is “Files” be a simple setting? Maybe it’s way more complicated than one assumes.
My dream is that one day we will be able to assign default applications to the “generic” names in Gnome. Launch “Browser” and open Firefox (or chrome 🤢), Files and open Dolphin, Messages and open Elements etc etc.
Obviously I can do the same with custom .desktop files but it would be a nice flair to use the settings to just assign applications to those generic names.
You can set the default app in the settings though, right?
Maybe they added this when I wasn’t looking. It’s been awhile since I did a fresh install of a Gnome distro. (I use Fedora for work stuff and I’ve learned over the years to leave my work laptop the fuck alone and distro hop on a personal laptop.)
It’s still a problem. And then once I finally set thunar as default, Firefox continues to open Nautilus. Removing Nautilus isn’t an option either since it’s a dependencie of something else.
I really hope choosing a default file manager woll be simple and always working at some point.
Yes and no. The setting affects the file manager, but things like “open/save file” dialogues will still use the Gnome file chooser, which is separate from Nautilus and not easily circumvented.
Most DEs do include the file manager in the default applications menu. You can also use xdg-mime to set it as the default for inode/directory
Until some app doesn’t care about xdg-mime. At least I had some issues with firefox a while ago.
Firefox uses xdg-mime or xdg portals, depending on the configuration of the package. If you are using it as a flatpak, it will use portals.
Apps using portals will use the file picker your portal provides. This will usually be either the GNOME or Plasma file picker. Note that this file picker is separate from your default file manager.
It wasn’t about the file picker but the file manager that opens after clicking the button to open the folder a downloaded file is saved in. It was indeed flatpak firefox iirc.
It did work at some point but broke again… At the moment it works I believe (at least I didn’t get a call from my mom about the file manager being wrong again).
On my kids’ pcs the default file manager is nemo and they use gnome, so it is possible
So glad KDE exists.
I used GNOME for close to 20 years, but finally dropped it with the release 40. I’ve had enough of them breaking features.
By that time KDE finally stabilized and it does everything I want, my way.
I don’t get it… Does this tiny change ruin it for you?
Yes, it’s helly uncanny
Having to create .desktop files in god knows where for me to be able to right click -> “open with” my program of choice sure pushed me away
I don’t even know what they were thinking not letting you beowse for any executable file on disk
Aren’t you supposed to use
alacarteapp to create new program entry on gnome?That’s definitely not what Google told me to do at the time in 2015
Yeah same. There are some types of text file where gedit doesn’t even appear as an option. Like sometimes I don’t want to open .xml files in the browser.
I was able to set VScode for .xml files but not gedit. It’s not a huge deal but that one thing makes gnome feel like immature software.
Gotta keep up with Apple you know ahah
Only if they could copy the original Exposé from macOS Tiger.
I just want someone to finally copy column view from Finder. I know Ranger has it but it would be nice if Nautilus or Dolphin would implement it.
I’m very glad GNOME does such an amazing job staying modern in its look. GNU+Linux and free software would be much worse off without it.
Not a fan of slicing up the title bar like that, to be honest. Yeah, it saves some space, but I’m on a desktop with plenty of screen space, so that really isn’t a priority, and being able to easily move windows around is a priority.
Also, what the hell is wrong with old-fashioned menus? This isn’t a phone. GNOME doesn’t even run on phones.
As a laptop user I love the idea that some of the titlebar space being utilized. I don't use GNOME though. I hope there will continue to be good UXs for both of us.
Even my laptop has a large-ish display (17 inch). Really not a fan of small displays. Sure, large laptops are heavy, but I could use the exercise. 😄
But GNOME is being patched to run on phones!
That's the thing. There is no title bar. The title bar, if forced to exist, would go above both of those sections.
GNOME apps seem to have been headed in this direction for a while.
If I open gnome-disks, for example, the title bar is kind of odd because it doesn't show the name of the program at all. It only shows the size of the currently selected disk, and underneath that in a smaller text subheading is the actual device pathname of the disk. How many other programs do you know that have a subheading under the window title in the title bar?
This feels like an early decision to do something different with that part of the window.
Further along in the evolution is the dconf-editor which no longer shows any kind of title bar at all. The window manager shows that the window title is "dconf Editor" but there's nothing on the window itself that says that.
Earlier versions of each definitely had a standard title bar (I remember dconf-editor having one fairly clearly, because the new interface seemed strange at first), but not any more.
There's also that desktop web browsers generally request that their title bar not be shown. Given that everyone has at least one browser window open, it would be almost foolish to assume there's been no influence from that design choice.
Those have the excuse that they’re basically several windows in one, and the tabs are the title bar-equivalents. Very few apps have that excuse, though.
Side note: KDE’s tabbed windows feature was pretty neat. Too bad it’s gone.
I don’t like Nautilus and always srick with Nemo but the new look of many Gnome apps is really nice!
Wow, revolutionary.
I kind of agree, it’s nothing special, but the new window management they talked about sounds exciting actually. But thats far in the future.
Been a Gnome user for years and always glad to see them modernize the UI more, but the one thing I desperately want is .stl and/or .3mf thumbnailers to just work with Nautilus. Tried several times to set up in Fedora using f3d, but instead just get blurry question mark thumbnails
Looks nice, but if I could trade these visual gimmicks for a type-ahead feature, I would do so in a heartbeat.
gtk3-classicanyone?Please also remove the text places and make use of that space