Just for the record, users coming from Gnome2 based desktops as Mate, Cinnamon etc. have been used to use their desktop as they could use also with Windows.
This users are also not used to to click on “Activities” while they have to type the app name they looking for.
For me it is a bit more than a year I made peace with gnome >3 / 4. Since then I not use so often to ask, why is something there where it is. It is more a “where is it” and “how to” to achieve the task I like to solve.
The question is legit … It is not a year I made a similar question.