What are the elements of the GNOME Desktop?
Similar to What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?, what is the terminology for the various elements in GNOME Desktop? In particular,
- Is there a "HUD"?
- What's the name of the "Type to search" field and ensuing window? The Visual overview of GNOME page says that "Dash" is something else.
- Bonus question: why didn't GNOME use standard terms like "taskbar"?
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Similar to What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?, what is the terminology for the various elements in GNOME Desktop? In particular,
- Is there a "HUD"?
- What's the name of the "Type to search" field and ensuing window? The Visual overview of GNOME page says that "Dash" is something else.
- Bonus question: why didn't GNOME use standard terms like "taskbar"?
gnome terminology
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Similar to What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?, what is the terminology for the various elements in GNOME Desktop? In particular,
- Is there a "HUD"?
- What's the name of the "Type to search" field and ensuing window? The Visual overview of GNOME page says that "Dash" is something else.
- Bonus question: why didn't GNOME use standard terms like "taskbar"?
gnome terminology
Similar to What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?, what is the terminology for the various elements in GNOME Desktop? In particular,
- Is there a "HUD"?
- What's the name of the "Type to search" field and ensuing window? The Visual overview of GNOME page says that "Dash" is something else.
- Bonus question: why didn't GNOME use standard terms like "taskbar"?
gnome terminology
gnome terminology
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