I installed 11.04 and when I was first setting everything up (because the video drivers weren't installed yet) I played around with Gnome and actually ended up with a setup that looked a lot like Unity. The difference was I had a lot more control over the panels which I really liked.
Then, once the drivers were in place, I switched to Unity and was initially really wowed by the way it looked. I really like the idea behind the side menu but right now it is a bit finicky. Sometimes it will partially open when I move my mouse to the edge and other times it works just fine. I absolutely hate the launcher menu (might not be the right term - app drawer or whatever else might be more fitting) simply because it makes it a chore to find applications.
I've also found Unity relatively unstable. I've had it simply lock up and I haven't found a way to get around it other than resetting my computer.
Even stuff like the way moving a window to the edge of the screen and it taking up a portion works seems inconsistent. I can sometimes get 1/3, sometimes 1/2 and sometimes 2/3 but I honestly haven't spent enough time trying to figure out why it works in different ways. Nor do I feel I really should have to... UI should be relatively intuitive.
Anyway, I think Unity is promising but it is really rough right now... really rough.
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I installed 11.04 and when I was first setting everything up (because the video drivers weren't installed yet) I played around with Gnome and actually ended up with a setup that looked a lot like Unity. The difference was I had a lot more control over the panels which I really liked.
Then, once the drivers were in place, I switched to Unity and was initially really wowed by the way it looked. I really like the idea behind the side menu but right now it is a bit finicky. Sometimes it will partially open when I move my mouse to the edge and other times it works just fine. I absolutely hate the launcher menu (might not be the right term - app drawer or whatever else might be more fitting) simply because it makes it a chore to find applications.
I've also found Unity relatively unstable. I've had it simply lock up and I haven't found a way to get around it other than resetting my computer.
Even stuff like the way moving a window to the edge of the screen and it taking up a portion works seems inconsistent. I can sometimes get 1/3, sometimes 1/2 and sometimes 2/3 but I honestly haven't spent enough time trying to figure out why it works in different ways. Nor do I feel I really should have to... UI should be relatively intuitive.
Anyway, I think Unity is promising but it is really rough right now... really rough.