GNOME Shell ... as good the classic as the dash

When I was in the first year of my degree in graphic design, one of the first things we learned is that there is a maxim that applies to design in general "Form follows function". In simple words, what this means is that for each thing that is designed -a graphic, a building, a public space or even software- It should be done thinking about who is going to use it, how they are going to use it and even their customs.

Today the world of computing is practically ruled by mobile devices such as tablets, cell phones and notebooks and it is within this context -and precisely for him- that the design of GNOME-Shell it was thought and realized. They just forgot one "small" detail: all these gadgets are used in a way that is very different from the traditional desktop PC.

Among the problems encountered by those of us who use that first GNOME-Shell are:

1.-The common actions that we must perform with the mouse, such as dragging and dropping something, or selecting a program to open it, became more complex since they had to be carried out in a greater number of steps, for which the Fitts Law.

From my point of view, the problem here is that the icons used are so large that they prevent creating a more compact menu, which requires segmentation that must be accessed by one or two more clicks. This, which is so common and useful in portable devices because their screens are usually minis, on a desktop PC represents a disadvantage since it is not the same to point to an icon with the tip of the finger on a small screen, than with a cursor guided by a mouse on a large screen.

2.-This brings us to the second ignored law: Hick's Law that prays like this; "The time it takes to make a decision increases as the number of alternatives increases".

This point goes hand in hand with the previous one, since as the number of shares increases -or mouse clicks- to first search -because things are not where they were before- and then opening an application or folder also implies making another decision: do I use the mouse to navigate or do I release it and use the keyboard to search using the option "Type to search" of the dash?
This is just an example, but there are more actions within GNOME-Shell that present us with dilemmas.

3.-This point is, in my opinion, the most important of all: most of the actions we perform through the virtual desktop are actions performed almost by instinct, the result of years of doing the same.

Let us think of a driver who for years has driven a car in which the brake pedal is on the left and the accelerator pedal on the right and suddenly finds that he must drive a vehicle whose pedals are reversed, that is, the brake pedal is on. the right and the throttle to the left.
It is clear that your driving ability will be impaired, the learning process will be slower because you must first forget what you already know to adapt to the new situation.

Fortunately little by little GNOME-Shell has been recovering that face so well known to those of us who get used to the desk "classic" through the famous extensions, to the extent that those of us forced to work with different operating systems -Mac OSX, Linux y Windows- we no longer have to "Switch" to use one or another environment.

At this point, the fact that there is a GNOME-Shell that can be used through the dash and another that behaves in the classic way, and that we still need to prove Cinnamon