In this release, GNOME improves the general user experience for users and new developers alike. GNOME 3.18 adds a feature called “Automatic Brightness,” which, when enabled, it will make use of your laptop’s light sensor to dim or increase the screen’s brightness depending on the surrounding lighting. GNOME 3.18 also improves the touch screen experience, especially when selecting and modifying text, implements a new view in the Nautilus (Files) sidebar, which collects all the remote and internal locations in a single place.

gnome-3.18

 

Gnome Terminal 3.18 comes two new great features!

The first one is the Firefox-like tabs, and the second is the option for single tabs to be visible, and therefore the ability to re-attach them on parent windows. The last one was one of my biggest annoyances before.

 

File Manager Improvements

File manager improvements don’t stop at the integration of a singular, if popular, cloud service. Oh no: GNOME has made a bunch of improvements to the way the file manager looks and behaves, including:

  • ‘Other locations‘ option added to Files sidebar to group network/remote shares
  • File copy/moving progress is now displayed in new header bar button (see image)
  • Folder/file renaming/creation now uses pop over dialogs
  • Open/Save dialog now supports search
  • Right-click/context menus are now accessible on touchscreen using long-press
  • Prominent bookmark creation target shown when dragging files/folders
  • Recursive search automatically disabled when searching remote locations
  • Recent files lists now show the full location of each file

Arc GTK Theme

see through theme

Arc is a flat theme with a subtle color scheme and transparency in select parts of the window, like GTK Header Bars and the Nautilus sidebar

in fact it’s really a very good , strong and smooth theme !

It’s now possible to install the Arc theme using a repository (created by OpenSuse user Horst1380 but available to add to Ubuntu) or by downloading a pre-packaged .deb file .

if you’re facing any graphic issues “like me” after upgrade to 3.18.1 use this release (Arc Theme with latest fixes) it’s complied  from the source with latest fixes for gnome 3.18.x  .

then copy the folder contents to

/usr/share/themes

 

An Official Arc Theme For Firefox Is Now Available

The slickest GTK theme around now has a browser theme to match .

arc firefox theme gtk

Install The Arc Firefox Theme

Unlike regular Firefox theme Arc isn’t available from the Mozilla add-ons repository. Don’t panic: themes for Arc, Arc Dark and Arc Darker are available from Github in easy-to-install .xpi format.

To download, point your browser at the link below:

Download the latest Arc Firefox Theme

You will find an Arc theme download in the theme designer’s personal repository:

Download Arc Theme for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

 

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