What’s the reasoning behind not having a “system tray” in GNOME? You need to install an extension for that, and that is a weird process for newcomers/beginners.
But my question is why? Does GNOME really think you don’t need one? Why don’t they include it?
Yeah I actually like the change. It’s one less thing to do when I turn on my PC and get to work.
On login, I either open an app, or I drag multiple apps onto multiple desktops, then get started. Both need the activities view open to do. It’s useless to boot to an empty screen IMO.
I do concede that if you’ve configured hotkeys to open certain programs, it may be better to boot to desktop, though. And there’s also the “this is what I’m used to after decades of using Windows” argument, which is valid, just look at other fantastic desktops that copy the Windows paradigm such as Plasma and Cinnamon, but Gnome has never tried to be like Windows, and I don’t think they should.
I know that if you use dash to dock, there’s an option to disable activities view. And probably a bunch of other extensions too, but idk, I don’t use extensions.