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Note that I'm talking about the stock experience (no extensions or even gnome-tweak-tool).

- Top bar which acts as a status bar rather than a global menubar

- Somewhat modal UX that works best with keeping 1-3 windows on screen at all times

- No way to minimize windows

- Inclination towards gestures over keystrokes

- Simplified mobile-esque app UIs that eschew menubars entirely in favor of hamburger menus

- Greatly reduced levels of configurability relative to other DEs

- Heavily padded widgets that seem better suited to touch than KB+M

- Use of touch-inspired designs like switches over checkboxes

- No traditional desktop

…among others.

Don't get me wrong, it's very polished which is what leads me to use it, but it's not really a traditional desktop environment.




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