Looks like the Android 4.0 UI with a bit of neumorphism thrown in. I really don’t like it. I hope that’s not the style they end up with. The GTK window conveys the same information more clearly (and it looks better).
>The search also displays a list of all the settings that match the search criteria and not only where they’re located as GNOME Settings does, this makes it easier to change your settings without having to leave the section you currently are in.
>the search bar is available at the top of the navigation view, this is problematic when inside nested menus as the user has to go back to the begining to access it, but in COSMIC it’s available everywhere in the app, no matter how deep inside a menu the user is.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues...
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues...
And as a counterpoint:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/233
Open, locked, and 17 years old.
GNOME cares about nothing that doesn't fit precisely into their "vision". This could turn out well! But it doesn't change the situation for any external contributors, or anyone who wants functionality changed in a way that the GNOMEr's that be don't agree with.
If you've got some code to contribute to that, ping the developers on IRC. Adding more comments to that issue isn't helpful. These issues aren't suffering from a lack of comments, they're missing someone to step up and do the work. The original comment was that they were hostile to this, which isn't true.
They have a history of finite resources and inability to resolve issues in a timely fashion. They ought to set goals and raise money. People really need to commit their money if they want nice things.