GNOME users, I have some questions for you! This won’t single-handedly drive the design of GNOME (I’m not that influential… yet 😉 ), but anecdata is always nice to help unstick design discussions or just gather insights.

(Polls will follow posts as I can’t share an image and a poll, sadly.)

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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Recent” view in the Files app? Note this is NOT the same as the file chooser, e.g. when opening a file in an app.

(Answer in the following poll.)

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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Recent” view in the Files app? Note this is NOT the same as the file chooser, e.g. when opening a file in an app.

(See previous post for a screenshot, reply for context.)

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Yes, frequently
22%
Occasionally
22.7%
Rarely
24%
Never
31.4%
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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Recent” view in the file chooser, e.g. when opening a file in an app? Note this is NOT the same as when browsing in the Files app.

(Answer in the following poll.)

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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Recent” view in the file chooser, e.g. when opening a file in an app? Note this is NOT the same as when browsing in the Files app.

(See previous post for a screenshot, reply for context.)

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Yes, frequently
43.6%
Occasionally
26.8%
Rarely
14.3%
Never
15.3%
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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Starred” view in the Files app?

(Answer in the following poll.)

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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Starred” view in the Files app?

(See previous post for a screenshot, reply for context.)

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Yes, frequently
7.5%
Occasionally
12.9%
Rarely
16%
Never
63.6%
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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Large Text” option in Settings → Accessibility → Seeing?

Alternatively, do you set a different font scaling factor somewhere else, e.g. in Tweaks?

(Answer in the following poll.)

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If you use GNOME, do you use the “Large Text” option in Settings → Accessibility → Seeing?

Alternatively, do you set a different font scaling factor somewhere else, e.g. in Tweaks?

(See previous post for screenshots, reply for context.)

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Yes, “Large Text” in Settings
8.9%
Yes, larger font scaling set somewhere else
14.7%
Yes, smaller font scaling set somewhere else
7.3%
No, no change to text/font size
69.1%
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If you use GNOME, do you use “Focus on Hover” or “focus follows mouse” behavior in GNOME?

(Answer in the following poll.)

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If you use GNOME, do you use “Focus on Hover” (also known as “focus follows mouse”) behavior in GNOME?

(See previous post for a screenshot, reply for context.)

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Yes
12.8%
No
79.1%
Not sure
8.1%
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If you use GNOME, do you use startup/auto-starting apps, e.g. apps that launch when you log in?

(Feel free to reply for context/nuance!)

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Yes, for apps running in the background
41.9%
Yes, for apps that open a window when starting
4.7%
Yes, for a mix of background and windowed apps
18.1%
No
35.3%
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If you use GNOME, do you use Tweaks for one of these settings, and/or something else?

• Text size/font scaling
• Window focus behavior
• Startup/auto-starting apps

(Sorry this is worded kind of awkwardly… Feel free to reply for context/nuance!)

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Yes, ONLY for one or more of the above
10.9%
Yes, for one or more of the above, plus more
39.3%
I use Tweaks, but not for the above
26.1%
No, I don’t use Tweaks
23.8%
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@cassidy I used to until mouse acceleration was added to settings
@gnuntoo I love to hear it! You’ll probably notice that we’ve been migrating more and more “tweaks” into Settings proper. These polls are related to ongoing discussions among the design team, and I love hearing feedback like this!
@cassidy You and the team tweak my life for the better, thank you