Fixing Gnome 3.8 Classic Mode

I've abandoned the no longer supported Fallback mode as very few things are still working. I'm trying to get Classic mode to work the way I want it but have found that it is not conducive to customization. After many searches I still can't find answers to the following:
- How to use Compiz in Gnome 3.8 classic mode?
- How to disable the annoying Clutter effects, such as the log on animation and the upper-left hot corner to the incredibly unhelpful "activities screen"
- How to enable notify-osd
- How to change the color theme for the panels
- How to access any of the options on the panels. I've tried every possible combination of Alt, Windows, Meta, and Right click possible, and none of them work. I can't even add shortcuts to the panels.
- How to make the clutter animations smooth. Compiz ran very smoothly on my computer with the old Gnome, but the animations with clutter are choppy.
- Where to go to access gnome settings other than dconf-editor and gnome-tweak-tools. The settings in both of those are quite limited.
Answers or pointers to any of the above would be appreciated--thanks in advance.

- How to use Compiz in Gnome 3.8 classic mode?
have you tried  gtk-window-decorator --replace or emerald --replace?
- How to change the color theme for the panels
You need edite the css files for gnome shell classic theme. usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gnome-classic.css  and another files i guess.
- How to disable the annoying Clutter effects, such as the log on animation and the upper-left hot corner to the incredibly unhelpful "activities screen"
- How to enable notify-osd
- How to access any of the options on the panels. I've tried every possible combination of Alt, Windows, Meta, and Right click possible, and none of them work. I can't even add shortcuts to the panels.
- How to make the clutter animations smooth. Compiz ran very smoothly on my computer with the old Gnome, but the animations with clutter are choppy.
- Where to go to access gnome settings other than dconf-editor and gnome-tweak-tools. The settings in both of those are quite limited.
you have to learn to develop extensions to customize safely gnome shell.
https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions

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