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How to create launchers on panel in Gnome 3 Classic Mode [CLOSED]

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Is there some way to create launchers on the Gnome 3 Classic Mode panel, as was easily done in Gnome 2?

I'm trying really hard to like Gnome 3 Classic Mode, but having a very difficult time of it, because it seems to only provide a superficial resemblance to the Gnome 2 desktop, without actually providing comparable functionality.

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posted Jul 31, 2013 by Sheetal Chauhan

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It is impossible to recreate the experience of something else. If you want exact GNOME 2 experience, try using MATE. The classic mode in GNOME 3 is using gnome-shell, and I don't think it supports launchers, though IIRC there are extensions which allow you to do that.

answer Jul 31, 2013 by anonymous
I don't know about anybody else, but I would consider the lack of support for launchers to be a major regression.
commented Jul 31, 2013 by Majula Joshi
It is supported via extensions
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/495/topicons/
commented Aug 1, 2013 by Salil Agrawal
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