I was on the fence as to whether Gnome 3 looked good or not, and this change drops me in to the "don't want to try it" camp. I don't like Unity either (and I have tried that one)... so now will I have a choice when running Ubuntu? I really hope someone maintains the old Gnome-panel system so that I can somehow graft it into future distro releases.
I use Ubuntu on my work laptop. I need to be productive on my work computer, and I just don't have the time or inclination to futz around with drastically changed desktops and unlearn 15 years of muscle memory and comfort level. My computer needs to be familiar and simple to me so that I can spend time building and deploying apps, not trying to remember how to minimize a window or what hotkey is the 'switch workspace' key (since I don't use even them right now).
I use Ubuntu on my work laptop. I need to be productive on my work computer, and I just don't have the time or inclination to futz around with drastically changed desktops and unlearn 15 years of muscle memory and comfort level. My computer needs to be familiar and simple to me so that I can spend time building and deploying apps, not trying to remember how to minimize a window or what hotkey is the 'switch workspace' key (since I don't use even them right now).