UI/UX in GNOME
If you know me, you may already know that I’m a huge fan of Material Design by Google and all things Android. When it comes to Linux desktop, the closest I could find was GNOME; it is the only desktop environment that truly has good UX. And yes, I really mean it. But there’s definitely room for more effort when it comes to UX. These are some nitpicky things GNOME could do to improve the UX:
Option to pick the most prominent color (also in the color palette) in the wallpaper as the accent color.
Move the notification panel out of the time/date section in the bar to a unified quick-settings + notification area, similar to Android.
Add a "Caffeine" toggle in quick settings (for apps like PDF readers or apps where you want to explicitly prevent sleep/lock). Phosh already does this.
A "factory reset" option in Settings (once we're stateless).
GNOME Settings should include an "App info" section with full features like "Clear storage and cache" and options to disable network access for apps.
A privacy dashboard like Android which shows logs of apps' last-accessed permissions.
A clipboard pinner, see PoC
Show clipboard access notifications.
Use a cooler dark color (like Android dark mode) for the GNOME Shell rather than the current grayish tone (in the notification area, quick settings, dock).
Support for light theme in GNOME Shell.
Make Bazaar the default app store.
Move system and firmware updates into GNOME Settings.
Mosaic tiling window management support.
Super + Q (or something more intuitive) for closing current window. Strangely, GNOME still retains Alt + F4 for closing current window, which was badly copied from Windows. (Cosmic got this right; so does macOS and ChromeOS)
For Android and GNOME sync, an app similar to Airdrop and Universal Clipboard would be nice, while KDE connect exist, a better GTK app would be great. Also now there are awesome tools like Automerge to do that.
Edit: There's Valent
I guess that’s about it. GNOME is really an awesome desktop environment! I really appreciate everyone who’s put in the hard work to make it so great. :D