This took 18 years to implement

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This took 18 years to implement This long-awaited feature was finally added to GTK+ - 6 years after it was added to KDE 5 - 21 years after it was added to OS X - 24 years after it was added to Windows 98 (Yes, really! Windows 98!) So what have the GNOME developers been so preoccupied with for the last 18 years that they didn't have the time to add this basic quality-of-life feature? Well, they were just too busy with far more important tasks like... - forcing you to use a tablet UI - removing most of your customization options - removing support for tray icons - removing support for desktop icons - removing support for type-ahead search - removing support for executing binary files (this change was reverted) - threatening to remove support for custom themes - repeatedly breaking the extension API Please don't theme our apps Is this really something worth celebrating?

What it means

The meme mocks GNOME for celebrating the late addition of a basic desktop feature while showing a long list of controversial design changes and removed functionality. The punchline is that GNOME supposedly spent years prioritizing tablet-like interfaces and restricting customization instead of fixing quality-of-life issues. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to exaggerated praise for a minor software update.

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desktop screenshot / скриншот рабочего стола software window / окно программы file manager / файловый менеджер red arrow / красная стрелка GNOME logo / логотип GNOME KDE logo / логотип KDE Windows 98 screenshot / скриншот Windows 98 OS X reference / упоминание OS X image thumbnails / миниатюры изображений anime pictures / изображения аниме toolbar / панель инструментов computer monitor / компьютерный монитор tablet interface / интерфейс планшета app icons / значки приложений desktop icons / значки рабочего стола green panel / зелёная панель blue desktop panel / синяя панель рабочего стола text list / список текста