Well, I've tried GNOME 3 now...

[JB]

Gerald Henriksen <ghenriks <at> gmail.com> writes:

> ...
> The best thing Fedora can do is what it is doing - putting Gnome 3 out
> there so that the Linux community can try it out and provide feedback
> to the Gnome community.  Gnome can then decide if they need to change
> course or keep moving in their current direction.
> ...

I read that:
"GNOME is more than its shell, and the rest of GNOME 3 is a clear update and
refresh versus GNOME 2, and very similar to GNOME 1 vs GNOME 2."

OK.
There is something called "escape forward".

I have a proposal to GNOME project and to Red Hat/Fedora as well.

Let's take the best from GNOME 2, its GUI, and put it on top of GNOME 3
infrastructure (without GNOME 3 Shell).
They can release the new product as GNOME 3 Classic.

It will be a gesture to a proven-and-tested standard GUI of GNOME 2, and it
will offer all the "below-the-hood" improvements (speed, responsiveness,
extensions, etc) of GNOME 3.

It will offer peace of mind to current and future customer base of Linux and
UNIX OSs/distros.
 
It will be an instant hit and ensure GNOME's proper place in DE space.

They may offer current GNOME 3 with its Shell as well, as a separate product,
if they wish.

JB