Re: Applets? [was Re: Planning for GNOME 3.0]

[Jud Craft <craftjml gmail com>]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 16:23 +0200, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:54:43PM -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
>>   One man's crack is another's basic functionality.
>
> Note that "Crack" was in quotes. I think it's legitimate for advanced
> users to want to configure their desktop in ways that simply would make
> no sense to the majority of the population.

Actually, one man's crack can still be another man's crack.

Just because you find it useful (or legitimate, or "necessary")
doesn't mean it's not still crack, not bad UI practice, and that
you're not simply addicted.  It just means you don't want to admit it.
 :)