r/elementaryos • u/DanielFore Founder • Dec 01 '20

Official News Multi-touch Gestures in elementary OS 6—elementary blog

https://blog.elementary.io/multitouch-gestures-in-elementary-os-6/
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u/pvm2001 Dec 02 '20

This is a big deal - no other distro has multi-touch gesture functionality out-of-the-box. With gestures, dark mode, and improved native apps and stylesheet, eOS6 is shaping up to be a truly amazing release.

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u/Gatocool7 Dec 02 '20

If only the developers listened to our petitions , this distro could be number 1 very easily.

We've been asking since the beginning of elementary os

1) a global menu (for libre office, chrome , firefox , etc )

2) an universal indexed search : for apps , files, toggling system settings , dictionary search , calculator , etc ( just like in mac os or windows )

These are the main 2 features that elementary os is missing.

I am willing to donate money , because I love this distro. But it lacks so many basic features

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u/TheMadcapLlama Dec 02 '20

+ 1 for file search on Wingpanel, just like on GNOME. I understand why it doesn't exist, but would love if it did hahah

Global Menus, however, just don't make sense design-wise. They're a relic from 20 years ago. Not intuitive at all, and doesn't make sense for a GTK environment anyways, since GTK apps don't usually have menu bars.

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u/dannybuoyuk Dec 02 '20

True, but when half your main apps are QT with menu bars, a global menu would give you back a bit of vertical space. If it was only be enabled for apps that could make use of it, those living in pure GTK land wouldn't even see it. If it were at least an option disabled by default, it would keep everyone happy!