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[Michael Hall <mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Unity and Gnome Shell are developed on different design principles, with
different methods of adding functionality.  While Gnome Shell uses
Extensions to allow developers to change the interface, Unity uses
Lenses/Scopes, Launchers and Indicators to allow applications to enhance
the functionality provided by the interface.

Gnome Shell extensions are pretty cool, and there are people doing very
interesting things with them.  But just because they work for Gnome
Shell, doesn't necessarily mean we should be adding them to Unity.
Sometimes our feature sets will overlap, but I don't think this is one
of them.

Michael Hall
mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx


On 05/27/2012 07:51 PM, Pedro Bessa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with Gnome Shell Extensions, programmers can change the Gnome interface!
> 
> from Gnome-Tweak-Tool, users can turn on or off a Gnome Shell Extension!
> 
> Linus Torvalds said: "Hey, with gnome-tweak-tool and the dock extension,
> gnome-3.2 is starting to look almost usable."
> - https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/WTLyn7dqYoR
> 
> from the official Gnome Shell Extension web site, users can download,
> then install a Gnome Shell Extension!
> - https://extensions.gnome.org/
> 
> 
> do you remember, people?
> I used to ask:
> - let programmers reposition, add, edit and remove anything
> in the Ubuntu interface
> - let users install apps that change the Ubuntu interface from
> Ubuntu Software Center
> 
> 
> since Unity competes with Gnome Shell, Unity Extensions
> will have to be better than Gnome Shell Extensions
> 
> 
> without downloading, burning and installing a new distro,
> you can see what I asked:
> 1. install Gnome Shell (less than 30 MB) from Terminal
> 2. log out -> where Unity is, select Gnome not Gnome Classic -> log in
> 3. install Gnome Shell Extensions from PPA
> 4. install Gnome Tweak Tool from Ubuntu Software Center
> 5. run Gnome Tweak Tool from Terminal
> 6. select Gnome Shell Extensions
> 7. turn Dock and Applications Menu on
> done! you changed the Gnome interface twice! isn't that cool?
> 
> Best regards,
> Pedro Bessa
>