Out of curiosity: why is it you don’t like the overview? That’s one of my favorite aspects of Gnome, and the first thing I tried to replicate in KDE
Edit: I do customize it a bit with extensions though. For example when I start typing and the search bar is immediately focused. And a few other things, like middle click to close windows
What I dislike about the overview is that it takes over the whole screen and also feels a little sluggish. I like the ulauncher loads really quickly and on top of the current UI, blocking virtually nothing from view. Also I like having a few bells and whistles that ulauncher has, like the ability to type a quick math problem and it functions like a basic calculator.
edit: I just realized that I’m mislabeling the thing I dislike. It’s the “show all applications” feature in reality. I use overview a lot just to keep track of what I have open, and I like it, but it serves a different purpose than what I want, which is just a very quick and unobtrusive way to launch an app not on the dock.
Indeed I see how the “take over the whole screen” could be annoying.
It does simple math as well though! As for the sluggishness I don’t notice it. You can speed up animations with “Just perfection”, but again an extra extension (although this one is very well maintained)
Out of curiosity: why is it you don’t like the overview? That’s one of my favorite aspects of Gnome, and the first thing I tried to replicate in KDE
Edit: I do customize it a bit with extensions though. For example when I start typing and the search bar is immediately focused. And a few other things, like middle click to close windows
What I dislike about the overview is that it takes over the whole screen and also feels a little sluggish. I like the ulauncher loads really quickly and on top of the current UI, blocking virtually nothing from view. Also I like having a few bells and whistles that ulauncher has, like the ability to type a quick math problem and it functions like a basic calculator.
edit: I just realized that I’m mislabeling the thing I dislike. It’s the “show all applications” feature in reality. I use overview a lot just to keep track of what I have open, and I like it, but it serves a different purpose than what I want, which is just a very quick and unobtrusive way to launch an app not on the dock.
Indeed I see how the “take over the whole screen” could be annoying.
It does simple math as well though! As for the sluggishness I don’t notice it. You can speed up animations with “Just perfection”, but again an extra extension (although this one is very well maintained)