GNOME 3 and Unity are "similar" in that they both change things around a lot. But Unity, to me, feels shiny and like it gives a good impression at first, but then that darned sidebar gets in the way for the twentieth time while you're trying to browse the web. Or you realize bringing up the menu takes a million times longer after your computer's been turned on for awhile, and was never faster than GNOME Do / Synapse to begin with. Or you get commercial apps that you haven't bought yet in your search results. Or you realize you're not using the top-level Unity menu with stuff like "Web Browser" and "Email" at all, and it's only there for newbs who don't even know how to bring it up.

They're changing some of this, yeah, but still. >.o

I guess I like GNOME 3 because when I gave it a chance, it was a lot like what I was already used to. Except shinier, easier, faster, and with a more tablet-like future.