Other than the free-software/hardware argument, I'm not sure if there is a credible reason for the end-user to switch from iOS or Android to this. If this ecosystem doesn't have a replacement app from those ecosystems, why bother?
Also the GNOME UI and icons on mobile looks horrendous. The phone icon will simply makes designers laugh, the same for the podcasts icon which is fitting of the outdated skeuomorphic-retro glossy design and horribly merging it with flat design.
But the most important thing here is if there are no apps or existing ones for the general user to use then it is frankly pointless unless you support the free-software/hardware argument which is not enough to win them over.
I think this is more useful for 2-in-1 laptops in the short term. If they can get something like Anbox integrated well, it could be a reasonable system.
Yup. GNOME3 works quite fine in detachable and 2-in-1 laptops, barring the usual sorts of hardware issues. And it's the only system that I could see working in a Linux-powered phone or tablet (w/o keyboard component).
I partially agree that the UI isn’t great for the most part but I like the notification area.
It must be so hard to get a group of designers together that will make something on the level of iOS or Android, but do it for an OS that will be used by (most likely) very few people.
> I'm not sure if there is a credible reason for the end-user to switch from iOS or Android to this.
It's hard for people to decide whether to switch from iOS or Android to something else when we don't really have something else to switch to. I don't think the Gnome Shell UI would offer a better experience then iOS and Android on a phone but it would work well on tablets and ultra portable touch screen devices. iOS and Android's UI on tablets just feels like your using a big clunky phone.
Why? They've already tried to mix mobile and desktop UIs with strange results. Gnome Shell has never been usable on touchscreens due to poor open source multitouch drivers. There aren't any well-known tablets or phones running Gnome, to my knowledge. Why keep going this direction?
iPhone-like grids of icons! Yes! Empty screen space! Perfect! And the weather app is looking spiffy. Full screen mode -OR- a sidebar? Wow!
“You can’t have a decent desktop GUI, because we are making a doomed push into mobile, because people buy a new $1000 phone every year and keep the same computer” has been the story everywhere for the last decade.
I don’t want everything becoming weird and fucking useless like Microsoft Edge browser.
It's supposed to be a (mouse/touch controlled) tiled WM, not limited to a sidebar at all. It's great that the GNOME folks are finally exploring this space.
My main concern with Linux on the mobile is needing to use crucial apps that don't exist.
Sure you could use a browser for a lot of things, but Banking sites often require 2FA with an Android or iOS application and that wouldn't be feasible.
But, I really hope this catches on. We need open platforms now than ever.
The amount of work and discipline needed to redesigning a GUI of this scale in a coherent manner is impressive. Kudos to the whole team. How do you go about tackling it? What kind of tools do you use?
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But the most important thing here is if there are no apps or existing ones for the general user to use then it is frankly pointless unless you support the free-software/hardware argument which is not enough to win them over.
The kind of folks who run linux on their desktop will be overjoyed.
And over time it will acquire polish.
It must be so hard to get a group of designers together that will make something on the level of iOS or Android, but do it for an OS that will be used by (most likely) very few people.
It's hard for people to decide whether to switch from iOS or Android to something else when we don't really have something else to switch to. I don't think the Gnome Shell UI would offer a better experience then iOS and Android on a phone but it would work well on tablets and ultra portable touch screen devices. iOS and Android's UI on tablets just feels like your using a big clunky phone.
I want Gnome 2 back.
“You can’t have a decent desktop GUI, because we are making a doomed push into mobile, because people buy a new $1000 phone every year and keep the same computer” has been the story everywhere for the last decade.
I don’t want everything becoming weird and fucking useless like Microsoft Edge browser.
It's supposed to be a (mouse/touch controlled) tiled WM, not limited to a sidebar at all. It's great that the GNOME folks are finally exploring this space.
Sure you could use a browser for a lot of things, but Banking sites often require 2FA with an Android or iOS application and that wouldn't be feasible.
But, I really hope this catches on. We need open platforms now than ever.