Summary: "I hate change. Because this is different than what I personally am used to, it can't be useful for anyone anywhere, and was probably created specifically to annoy me."
"It assumes you don't care what is going on in any programs except the one you currently have focus on."
Aside from the really nice features for automatic window sizing and positioning that were introduced with it (with both mouse and keyboard bindings!) and the fact that window management otherwise works exactly as it did previously, sure.
"Unity hates Google Chrome (the browser I use most) so much, it buried it three levels deep in a ridiculously oversimplified, slow-loading, nonsensical menu system."
Or, you know, you could add it to the launcher. Or make it your default browser, in which case it has an enormous button right in the dash. (But right, you're not "a complete retard who can only click shiny buttons".)
"It assumed I wanted every LibreOffice program in my application dock"
Oh noes! Sensible default launchers in the default configuration, my heavens! If only you could right-click on those and remove them or drag them out of the launcher. Oh right, you can.
Yadda yadda, I don't have the patience to address every single one of these one by one. But they all boil down to "this is different than what I had previously so it must be terrible for everyone". ("I am not complaining that Unity is different from traditional GNOME." Er, yes you are. That's exactly what this rant is.)
It took me a week or so to get used to it, but I really like Unity now. It works better for me than GNOME 2 ever did. I just get tired of people insulting those who have different preferences. If you want GNOME 2, great! Feel free to keep using it. But demanding that other people support you for free and never advance is childish and petulant.
"It assumes you don't care what is going on in any programs except the one you currently have focus on."
The menus for all programs are hidden. To even see the menu for the current app, you have to mouse-over the top bar. You have to select a window before you can see its menu.
"It assumes you don't care what is going on in any programs except the one you currently have focus on."
Aside from the really nice features for automatic window sizing and positioning that were introduced with it (with both mouse and keyboard bindings!) and the fact that window management otherwise works exactly as it did previously, sure.
"Unity hates Google Chrome (the browser I use most) so much, it buried it three levels deep in a ridiculously oversimplified, slow-loading, nonsensical menu system."
Or, you know, you could add it to the launcher. Or make it your default browser, in which case it has an enormous button right in the dash. (But right, you're not "a complete retard who can only click shiny buttons".)
"It assumed I wanted every LibreOffice program in my application dock"
Oh noes! Sensible default launchers in the default configuration, my heavens! If only you could right-click on those and remove them or drag them out of the launcher. Oh right, you can.
Yadda yadda, I don't have the patience to address every single one of these one by one. But they all boil down to "this is different than what I had previously so it must be terrible for everyone". ("I am not complaining that Unity is different from traditional GNOME." Er, yes you are. That's exactly what this rant is.)
It took me a week or so to get used to it, but I really like Unity now. It works better for me than GNOME 2 ever did. I just get tired of people insulting those who have different preferences. If you want GNOME 2, great! Feel free to keep using it. But demanding that other people support you for free and never advance is childish and petulant.