June 28th, 2014 at 1:03 AM
Yeah, I still use Windows 8 when needed. The Unity interface is something I'm really starting to get used to though. I feel much more productive booted up in Ubuntu over Windows 8, but then again, I suppose I'm not exactly adjusted to Windows 8 yet.
This is my latest desktop screenshot
![[Image: ktqZqCq.jpg]](http://t1.someimage.com/ktqZqCq.jpg)
(click for full size)
The dash isn't particularly amazing in Unity, but once online search results are removed, it gets the job done. My biggest pet peeve remains the poor implementation of workspaces. Considering how easy it is for applications to get cluttered on the launcher, workspaces should be an easy way to get around that issue. However, applications from all workspaces show on the launcher, regardless of the active workspace. (It is easy to tell which applications are open in the currently active workspace because Unity shows an open triangle instead of a closed triangle next to applications that are open in another workspace, but it still doesn't solve the clutter issue. )
Overall, after another week of use, I remain pretty pleased with it overall. It's not perfect, but the alternative interface is pretty refreshing overall, especially with the excellent screen space use for maximized applications. (For a maximized application, the panel/toolbar doubles as the application's titlebar/menubar as well, so one single top panel contains all of the system controls to the right, and window related controls to the left. I think it's brilliant, personally. )
This is my latest desktop screenshot
(click for full size)
The dash isn't particularly amazing in Unity, but once online search results are removed, it gets the job done. My biggest pet peeve remains the poor implementation of workspaces. Considering how easy it is for applications to get cluttered on the launcher, workspaces should be an easy way to get around that issue. However, applications from all workspaces show on the launcher, regardless of the active workspace. (It is easy to tell which applications are open in the currently active workspace because Unity shows an open triangle instead of a closed triangle next to applications that are open in another workspace, but it still doesn't solve the clutter issue. )
Overall, after another week of use, I remain pretty pleased with it overall. It's not perfect, but the alternative interface is pretty refreshing overall, especially with the excellent screen space use for maximized applications. (For a maximized application, the panel/toolbar doubles as the application's titlebar/menubar as well, so one single top panel contains all of the system controls to the right, and window related controls to the left. I think it's brilliant, personally. )
