Features in Windows that you'd like to see in GNOME / Ubuntu.

[chriswyatt]

One feature that I really miss from Windows is being able to ctrl-click items on the task bar in order to tile them vertically or horizontally. It's a handy feature which I use quite a bit on Windows.

Maybe there is a way to replicate this functionality in GNOME without manually positioning the Windows but I haven't found it yet.

Which begs the question, does anyone else have anything they miss from their Windows days?

[bunburya]

I kinda miss the BSOD...

[omar8]

I kinda miss the BSOD...

Well since Microsoft took it out of their operating systems too I guess Linux isn't lagging behind them in this department anymore.

[bunburya]

I saw it on Vista the other day, to my amusement.

[chriswyatt]

Well, there's an online version of BSOD you can play here!

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/BSOD

[lisati]

I kinda miss the BSOD...

I do and I don't. The weirdest one I had was caused in part by applying Windows updates....

[TheNessus]

the biggest feature I miss that Windows has is lack of prejudice.

[Baneblade]

Definitely the "aero snap".
The hacks that currently exist to implement this are not only overly complex, but also fail to meaningfully replicate the functionality imo.

[NightwishFan]

There is already a thread like this in recurring discussions.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1335065

[ZarathustraDK]

Though I like the idea of modularity in Linux, sometimes it gets in the way.

Stuff like having to configure a proxy in Gnome, Firefox and Synaptic separately, instead of just doing it in one place can be really annoying. The obvious expectation is that once you configure a proxy in your Gnome Network dialog, then it'll carry over, if not for firefox, then at least for the systems package manager.