Shaun McCance
shaunm@gnome.org
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com
A visual introduction to your desktop, the top bar, and the Activities overview.
Luca Ferretti
lferrett@gnome.org 2011, 2012
Flavia Weisghizzi
flavia.weisghizzi@ubuntu.com 2011, 2012

# Introduzione a GNOME

GNOME 3 fornisce un design per l'interfaccia utente ripensato da zero, per non intralciare, minimizzare le distrazioni e aiutare a completare le proprie attività. All'accesso è visibile solo una scrivania vuota e la barra superiore.

Barra superiore di GNOME Shell

Barra superiore di GNOME Shell

The top bar provides access to your windows and applications, your calendar and appointments, and system properties like sound, networking, and power. In the status menu in the top bar, you can change the volume or screen brightness, edit your Wi-Fi connection details, check your battery status, log out or switch users, and turn off your computer.

# Activities overview

Pulsante Attività

Pulsante Attività

To access your windows and applications, click the Activities button, or just move your mouse pointer to the top-left hot corner. You can also press the Super key on your keyboard. You can see your windows and applications in the overview. You can also just start typing to search your applications, files, folders, and the web.

To access your windows and applications, click the Applications menu at the top left of the screen and select the Activities Overview item. You can also press the Super key to see your windows and applications in the Activities overview. Just start typing to search your applications, files, and folders.

La dash

A sinistra della panoramica è presente la dash. La dash mostra le proprie applicazioni preferite e quelle in esecuzione. Fare clic su un'icona della dash per aprire la relativa applicazione. Se l'applicazione è già in esecuzione l'icona risulta evidenziata. Facendo clic sulla sua icona verrà portata in primo piano la finestra usata più di recente. È anche possibile trascinare l'icona sulla panoramica, o su un qualsiasi spazio di lavoro sulla destra.

Facendo clic-destro sull'icona viene mostrato un menù che consente di selezionare una finestra qualsiasi di una applicazione in esecuzione, oppure di aprire una nuova finestra. È anche possibile fare clic sull'icona mentre si tiene premuto il tasto Ctrl per aprire una nuova finestra.

When you enter the overview, you will initially be in the windows overview. This shows you live thumbnails of all the windows on the current workspace.

Click the grid button at the bottom of the dash to display the applications overview. This shows you all the applications installed on your computer. Click any application to run it, or drag an application to the overview or onto a workspace thumbnail. You can also drag an application onto the dash to make it a favorite. Your favorite applications stay in the dash even when they're not running, so you can access them quickly.

Learn more about starting applications.

Learn more about windows and workspaces.

# Application menu

App Menu of Terminal

Application menu, located beside the Activities button, shows the name of the active application alongside with its icon and provides quick access to application preferences or help. The items that are available in the application menu vary depending on the application.

App Menu of Terminal

Application menu, located next to the Applications and Places menus, shows the name of the active application alongside with its icon and provides quick access to application preferences or help. The items that are available in the application menu vary depending on the application.

# Orologio, calendario e appuntamenti

Clock, calendar, appointments and notifications

Orologio, calendario e appuntamenti

Click the clock on the top bar to see the current date, a month-by-month calendar, a list of your upcoming appointments and new notifications. You can also open the calendar by pressing Super M. You can access the date and time settings and open your full Evolution calendar directly from the menu.

Maggiori informazioni su calendario e appuntamenti.

Maggiori informazioni sulle notifiche e sul cassetto dei messaggi.

# Tu e il tuo computer

Menù utente

Menù utente

Click the system menu in the top-right corner to manage your system settings and your computer.

When you leave your computer, you can lock your screen to prevent other people from using it. You can also quickly switch users without logging out completely to give somebody else access to the computer, or you can suspend or power off the computer from the menu.

Maggiori informazioni su come cambiare utente, terminare la sessione e spegnere il computer.

# Lock Screen

Lock Screen

When you lock your screen, or it locks automatically, the lock screen is displayed. In addition to protecting your desktop while you're away from your computer, the lock screen displays the date and time. It also shows information about your battery and network status, and allows you to control media playback.

Learn more about the lock screen.

# Window List

GNOME features a different approach to switching windows than a permanently visible window list found in other desktop environments. This lets you focus on the task at hand without distractions.

Learn more about switching windows.

Window List

The window list at the bottom of the screen provides access to all your open windows and applications and lets you quickly minimize and restore them.

At the right-hand side of the window list, GNOME displays a short identifier for the current workspace, such as 1 for the first (top) workspace. In addition, the identifier also displays the total number of available workspaces. To switch to a different workspace, you can click the identifier and select the workspace you want to use from the menu.

If an application or a system component wants to get your attention, it will display a blue icon at the right-hand side of the window list. Clicking the blue icon shows the message tray.