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by zozbot234 1213 days ago
GNOME2+ is still around, that's what Mate is. GNOME 3 and later releases has great support for convergence, which is incredibly popular among users - while also being very easy to use via the keyboard, for a more traditional workflow. Ubuntu's Unity interface was built with similar goals, so this is quite far from a pure GNOME thing.
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ahartmetz 1213 days ago
>convergence, which is incredibly popular among users

I'm gonna say citation needed on that one. In fact, I have seen many rants about desktop software trying to look like touchscreen software.

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zozbot234 1213 days ago
Many high-end laptops have touchscreens these days. So the resemblance is quite appropriate. I would like to see a "compact", non-touchscreen mode in case no touch hardware is being used but it should be optional, for users who are okay with that level of fine-grained control.
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