pixel-saver vs disable-workspace-switcher-popup

pixel-saver

Pixel Saver is designed to save pixel by fusing activity bar and title bar in a natural way. (by pixel-saver)

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disable-workspace-switcher-popup

Gnome Shell 3 extension that disables the arrow displayed during workspace switching (by windsorschmidt)

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pixel-saver		disable-workspace-switcher-popup
	Project
6	Mentions	1
675	Stars	108
-0.3%	Growth	-
1.4	Activity	0.0
5 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	-

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pixel-saver

Posts with mentions or reviews of pixel-saver. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-09.

[Pop Os] Supprimer la barre de titre en 20.04
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 26 Apr 2023
How do you remove the top bar in Fedora?
2 projects | /r/Fedora | 9 May 2022

GTK Title Bar / Unite / Pixel Saver - one of these will get rid of the title bars in maximized windows. [I use Unite]
pixel-saver VS unite-shell - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 4 Dec 2021
Idea for layouts: Merge title bar and window title bars to space screen space
1 project | /r/zorinos | 23 Nov 2021

Ok this seem to work (unofficially: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/723/pixel-saver/)
Can I integrate window control buttons (min, max, close) into the top panel of gnome 40?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 14 Oct 2021

There are plenty of GNOME extensions that can do this. My favorite is Unite, another ones that work in GNOME 40 are Pixel Saver and No Title Bar - Forked
The best GNOME shell extensions
17 projects | dev.to | 19 Apr 2021

Pixel Saver is an extension that removes the title bar and puts the window controls in the top bar when in fullscreen. Works on 40 and 3.38 Gnome Extensions | GitHub

disable-workspace-switcher-popup

Posts with mentions or reviews of disable-workspace-switcher-popup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-19.

The best GNOME shell extensions
17 projects | dev.to | 19 Apr 2021

The version on extensions.gnome.org works fine on 3.38, but the latest version from the Git repo must be used on 40. It's just one command, it's simple. Gnome Extensions | GitHub

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pixel-saver and disable-workspace-switcher-popup you can also consider the following projects:

gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar - GNOME Shell extension that brings back the transparent top bar when free-floating in GNOME Shell 3.32

gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator - The most popular clipboard manager for GNOME, with over 1M downloads

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator - Adds KStatusNotifierItem support to the Shell

gnome-shell-extension-x11gestures - Enable GNOME Shell multi-touch gestures on X11 with this extension

gnome-shell-remove-dropdown-arrows - Removes the dropdown arrows from the AppMenu and SystemMenu (AggregateMenu) which were introduced in Gnome 3.10.

unite-shell - Unite is an extension that makes GNOME Shell look like Ubuntu Unity Shell.

notification-position-gnome-extension - Notification Banner Position - A Gnome Shell Extension

gnome-shell-impatience - speed up gnome-shell animations