• pH3ra@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    this comment was more about the futility of the development time that went into this specific feature

    yeah sorry, I should have been more specific with my answer: features like this are supposed to help you in a touch screen situation or in general with smaller screens.
    When the window is resized under a certain size, the left panel becomes hidden and with it part of the top bar, to make it less cluttered and confusing.

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      1 year ago

      but …surely you could just do the same thing with the old design? artist’s rendition:

      in fact, now i look at it, it makes them look even more similar once i collapse the sidebar

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        1 year ago

        The difference is minimal, in the newer version you have 1 less element when the sidebar is collapsed (the hamburger menu).
        Generally speaking Gnome 44 is already well optimized, 45 is going to be a more “tweaks and small improvements” kind of update rather than a big design changes