Everything is so tiny

This is why I don't use GNOME apps on a tiling WM. They always have an absurd amount of padding.

Never got the Mac trend of not using your full screen. I get even less why Gnome copied it.

I think I missed this trend. I've been full-screening almost everything on macOS for years
I'm not sure I understand... GTK can use full screens...
- This is what I am referring to. Many macOS people work like this:
- Gnome largely refers to the software suite. gtk is included in the set of libraries anyone can use to make any software. So yes, anyone can use full screens when making software with gtk, but the pre-existing gnome software doesn't.
- So can OSX for some time now it gives a full screen program it’s own workspace type screen

don't you just fucking love  
 
 
                                               paddings!  
 
 

(apologies to everyone whose device can't render HTML entities)

maybe this works on more devices?

paddings!
- That's not padding that's pre!
i was going to ask what it was supposed to look like, then i opened a reply text and all i see is nbsp;
- Unfortunately, beyond the standard Markdown elements, there is zero feature parity between various front-ends and their Markdown renderers.

the edits to charlie kirk's face are so subtle these days, I can't tell if this is the original or has been slightly modified.

It had been so long since I'd seen his real face that I didn't know how it actually looked like anymore. I saw a clip of him a few days ago and thought 'oh, they aren't changing it that much'
- there was this real or fake quiz online that shows Kirk's face and you try to tell whether it's edited. it was really funny because it was actually hard to tell.

Common gnome L

"Modern" UI design be like: fat paddings everywhere

Don't forget:
Massive fucking fonts
No visual separation between UI elements
Hijacked scrolling
Everything shoved into animated menus
One (1) context action in the bottom right
MOAR WHITESPACE

I enjoy using Gnome and don't really encounter any issues in my day to day use

(pls don't kill me :))

I don't like using GNOME desktop or apps, but that's not because its bad or less capable for my usage. I just don't prefer their design philosophies. I'm grateful that it exists nonetheless. Linux desktop users are spoiled by how many great choices we have.
I don't like Gnome, but I am glad it works for you. At the end of the day Gnome is better than Windows, Mac, and CDE.
- CDE? First time hearing of this. Off to google. :)
I used to be a GNOME fanatic a couple of years ago. I switched to KDE after I got tired of the perpetually broken state of extensions.
I’m still thankful for all the effort and commitment the GNOME devs have invested over the years though! It’s an excellent desktop environment!
Same for me!
True

Proper GTK4 adwaita apps don't do that. They scale really well on mobiles to desktops.

Counterargument:

Admittedly this is a chat app, so there's little to do. But still, it could stretch out a little bit more, maybe open the conversation info panel on the right
- Sounds like a skills issue/design decision. Like the devs could do otherwise, they just didn't. There's nothing in GTK preventing this from working properly.
- That looks like it's just wrapping a WebView, is it not?
  It looks like the CSS is just capping the container class width at 1440px, which has nothing to do with GTK
- What is your monitor size?
  (Edit)
  You see the app's font size is on par with the text size of your KDE panel. If gnome increased it, it would look totally out of place.
  Also centering content is a valid design choice. Many websites do that on large/wide monitors. It improves readability. An example might be the design of pi-hole's UI.
  If readability is your issue on gnome on wide screen monitors you should also have issue on reading the time and date on the KDE panel as well.
- Do you want the text to span unlimited pixels?
And that's an issue. People also use non-GTK4 apps.
Even Gtk3 doesn't have that issue when properly coded.

Also, non-GTK non-shitwaita apps on gnome.

Friends don't let friends use GNOME

KDE4LYFE

Gnome does have a lot of strong points, I personally use both

Damn, did you enlarge Charlie's face for the meme? 😆

Time for a scrolling window manager

https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM
We have this
- I love it

Huh, this sort of issue is what made me leave KDE in the first place. Haven't had such problems on gnome.

Do you have an example?

Yes: https://feddit.it/comment/14628419
- "Awesome UI"

I'm having this problem on Android rn. Coming from iOS, the content density is just super low, and no amount of tweaking display/font size will fix it 🙁

My screen is 50% padding now 🤷🏻‍♀️