How do you think the Desktop icons happened in Ubuntu? Not by an extension? Have a look in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions.
Oh I know how it is there. I know it is by an extension. When you have to install an extension, especially one not done by distro vendor, then it is a moot point as average users are not going know about it.
Most would wish it, but users are not frogs in the well. 
It’s fine that you let us know of a more powerful extension but take into account that according to its README:
it is still an alpha development, so it probably still have a lot of bugs. Use with care.
It’s clearly not in good shape to ship it as Ubuntu default desktop icons implementation. Maybe Ubuntu developers could fork it and improve the situation, I don’t know. In any case, the matter isn’t as simple as you make it seem, like if Ubuntu developers are ignoring your great suggestion just out of obstinacy.
This can be said about anything, any distro. The day the “stable” is released, next pre alpha comes in. Ubuntu 19.10 hasn’t been yet released. The distros are in a perpetual alpha state.
One of the bugs I found in the Ubuntu system extension Desktop Icons is that files can’t be dragged to and fro from the screen (desktop), so I installed the alpha extension, and my Ubuntu eoan, the default one, user friendly.
Btw, it is nice not to be the average user, you know.
it is still an alpha development, so it probably still have a lot of bugs. Use with care.
This can be said about anything, any distro.
Hey, it’s impossible to achieve any communication at this level of vagueness.
One of the bugs I found in the Ubuntu system extension Desktop Icons is that files can’t be dragged to and fro from the screen
This is not a bug, it’s a missing feature. By the same token one could say that the inability to read your mind is a bug of the desktop icons extension.
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Literally nobody heard what I said.
Just like MATE Tweak, we should have multiple layouts that can be chosen manually, but Unity look should remain the default one.
EDIT: Sorry, I actually didn’t say that, it was that we should change it, but yes, above mentioned is a solution.
You can’t just install one version of this and then one version of that.
They need to match, you know.
Can’t you just stop this and these pointless, endless threads where basically only you talk about your current weird Frankenstein setup? It just looks like you want to talk a lot but without actually communicating.
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I also once wrote about some weird Franken icons…And, Gnome-look has a whole lot of these…
You can!
All you have to do is come out of the box.
And, disable one, and enable the other, or…replace the system extension with the other.
Btw, does the person, who originally created the extension still maintain it? Or had dropped it, and someone else had taken over to continue?
The thing is, it is all about extensions, just to make Gnome shell more useful. You can either put it in your .local, or make it a “system” extension.
And, depending on the extension(s) it becomes a Franken_distro. In the nice old days, we all had Franken-distros. If one wants to use a vendor-locked system, best use MacOs or Windows.
Ah, I didn’t say a word since 2 days…until someone couldn’t stand it!
I say we just keep the icons for all icons used and gtk themes or any themes used in Ubuntu history. I don’t think we need any more.
I like the Unity look, and don’t want it to go away (it’s bad enough that Unity went away). I don’t feel any need for the features you mentioned.
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It is all about extensions. Pick any distro, add Gnome shell, add 3 freely available extensions, and you got the Unity look, if that’s what you want. The screeny here is on Arch Linux fully rolling, and with the Unity look.
If you want exactly the same UD, you can get it from here, that is, if you want an extension with less options. Well, extensions are all about options, more the better. Otherwise, what’s the use of extensions?
Nothing unique!
I don’t think extensions make much sense for a DE.
I agree with you. But others won’t.
It’s not about being unique. Personally, I would be very happy if other distros started to pick up the useful customizations Ubuntu has added to its implementation of GNOME.
The Ubuntu Desktop team believes our customizations are best for our audience. We think other people would benefit from them too!
It’s not like we’re intentionally trying to obfuscate our customizations and we just are so clumsy at it that you’re able to easily thwart us.
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The screeny here is NOT Ubuntu, but looks like it. There the dock was hidden. Below is the same distro with all 3 extensions, but with different theme and icons.
Ubuntu is about being unique.
I close my case!
Which nobody here understands what actually is.
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I agree. Let’s close this thread.
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Upon review, this thread seems to have run it’s course. Closing before it degenerates into name-calling,.