The last few user-facing changes for 45 have landed in GNOME OS Nightly
Try it here: https://os.gnome.org
This includes the Activities indicator, and the the split view port for Files and Settings.
Thanks to @alice, @brainblasted, @felipeborges et al for making the latter happen at the last minute (and the release team for granting the freeze break) :)
@tbernard Oh look macOS
@aral I mean, file proxies on window titles on macOS are the definition of mystery meat.
Buttons on notifications. We're not on the high ground we think we are
@rafael Not saying it’s perfect. But I can at least know what app I’m in just by looking at the screen.
(My daily driver runs vanilla GNOME, by the way, while my old Mac laptops gather dust.)