I'm in the same camp. This article does an extremely detailed job of explaining the problems that people who've used a Windows or Mac desktop environment in the past have with the gnome UI.
The menus are the worst thing. We don't need hamburger menus on a desktop window, but gnome apps often have two of them, inconsistently, plus an "open" button.
The menus are the worst thing. We don't need hamburger menus on a desktop window, but gnome apps often have two of them, inconsistently, plus an "open" button.