[bsharitt]

Of the extensions they surveyed, the only one I really see as a must have is Top Icons Plus. That weird little corner tray that Gnome puts the legacy tray icons in is, well weird. It just seems so out of place.

Of the rest of them, the only one I'd really loathe to see enabled by default is Dash to Dock. I really hate the that when I first log in to a fresh install there's a big static dock(initially filled with utter useless short cuts) eating big bite of screen real estate.

[curiousgal]

Dash to dock can be configured to disappear when a window is maximized. I personally can't use Gnome without it.