Over the last year, a large amount of work has been done on GNOME Shell, the key new component of the GNOME 3 user experience. Major changes have been made to the user interface, new features have been added, and it has generally progressed rapidly toward being a compelling choice for everyday use.

This talk will describe the work done in the last year, including a tour of new features and user interface changes. It will discuss how GNOME Shell fits in with the rest of GNOME 3, remaining work needing to be done for GNOME 3 on GNOME Shell itself and in integration with other components, and provide a look at how development on GNOME Shell is expected to proceed beyond the initial GNOME 3 release.