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    this is just a meme, I know that everyone is different and not all GNOME or KDE users are like that!!

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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Is the gnome we are talking about that one that for reaching the taskbar you have to move the mouse to the top of the screen and then immediately to the bottom every time?

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    If you aren't using the super key to access that menu you are using gnome wrong imo. Three finger swipe on track pad is also a great way to access the same menu.

    KDE is fuckin fantastic, but it aims to replicate the windows ui and workflow. If that's what you want then I highly recommend it over gnome. But personally I don't think that desktop UX should be stuck in the early 2000s Redmond style. Once I changed my habits to use my windows button on the keyboard instead of moving my mouse all over hell to access the menu it's all I ever use. Mouse is just a fallback when the other hand is busy. I try every new KDE version because I kind of hate how the gnome devs act sometimes, but I can't get used to that workflow anymore.

    I hope cosmic is great.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I genuinely don't know the last time I used the activities button, or the taskbar. To open activity view, I press super. To open programs, I search. To switch programs, I click on them in activity view

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

    I'm new to linux. Having things at hand is useful because I don't know the names to search or what keys to press.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Yes, the one with great score when it comes to Fitt's law which plays a huge role in UI design. When you put it that way it seems stupid to go from one edge to the other to reach an option. In reality it's an easiest target to hit since it's huge and requires no precision, edge to edge scroll.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I don't know if my screen is too big or my mouse is at a different speed. But for me it takes a lot of effort to do those big movements.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

    For me as well, as I keep very low sensitivity. Am not even sure they imagined it being used like that most of the times. Am suspecting idea is to use Super key to open window preview and options are access from there. In that case it's on average half of screen away.

    But idea is there. Pretty much all OS designers implement this law in some way. Mac does it with their task bar and application menu. KDE, Windows and similar do it with theirs. However I understand your complaint that you'd have to scroll to the top then bottom, but doing so is easy.