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[#]: subject: "GNOME is (kind of) Bringing Back a Feature It Had Removed a Few Years Ago"
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[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-design-quick-access/"
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[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/"
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[#]: collector: "lkxed"
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GNOME is (kind of) Bringing Back a Feature It Had Removed a Few Years Ago
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GNOME design changes makes sense, as it brings back (sort of) a similar functionality that it removed earlier.
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![GNOME is (kind of) Bringing Back a Feature It Had Removed a Few Years Ago][1]
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GNOME removed the application menus and indicators a few years back.
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If you are curious, app indicators were a way of interacting with the apps running in the background from the top panel.
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Yes, you can [add an extension for app indicators][2] to get the same functionality. But, you will no longer find the ability by default on distributions using stock GNOME desktop environment, like Fedora.
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However, Ubuntu, some of its [official flavors][3], and other distributions like Pop!_OS support the system tray icons even though GNOME dropped them.
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Now, after years of design changes, it looks like we might be seeing something similar.
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### GNOME to Add a Quick Way to Check Active Apps in the Background
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Currently, there's no quick way to find out the apps running in the background without an active window.
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You must use the [task manager][4] or [system monitoring tools][5] for better insights.
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With future GNOME releases (probably GNOME 44), you may expect **a feature to monitor background running apps** right from the **menu panel** of the top panel.
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![gnome design mockup for backround app check from the notification menu][6]
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The idea by [Allan Day][7] is still in discussion, and a [design mockup][8] has been shared. However, there is a good chance that it will be accepted.
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This idea has also prompted developer [Georges Basile Stavracas Neto][9] to expose Flatpak's xdg-desktop-portal component, making it easy to detect running Flatpak applications.
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> 📋 The placement or design of checking background apps is still a work in progress; what you see above may change with the final implementation.
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### Would This Bring Back App Indicators Too?
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Not exactly.
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With this feature, GNOME aims to allow you to quickly see the background running apps and manage them (close them or access specific settings).
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However, you still have a few clicks to reach this point 🖱️
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The applet indicators or the system tray icons were a faster way to access applications running in the background, even though not every background app was listed.
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After all, it is better than nothing.
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And eventually, these design changes could result in an intuitive way to get app indicators back in some form.
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_💬 What do you think about this decision with GNOME design changes for upcoming releases? Share your thoughts in the comments below._
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**Via**: [Phoronix][10]
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via: https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-design-quick-access/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lkxed/
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[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w2000/2023/02/gnome-brings-mysterious-features.png
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[2]: https://itsfoss.com/enable-applet-indicator-gnome/
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/which-ubuntu-install/
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/task-manager-linux/
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/linux-system-monitoring-tools/
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[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/02/background-app-running.png
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[7]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/aday
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[8]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/os-mockups/-/issues/191
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[9]: https://github.com/GeorgesStavracas
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[10]: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Monitor-Background-Apps
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