[Fwd: Re: Middle click, "dumbing down" Slashdotted]

[Marco Scannadinari <marco scannadinari co uk>]

On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 12:34 -0700, Leslie S Satenstein wrote:
> So, we also look at the memory consumption in my 1 gig notebook, and
> see that 1/3 of it is to support icon presentation.  

On my box it is 1563MiB or RAM (`free --mega`), albeit with Evolution,
Epiphany, and gnome-terminal open. Memory usage is the natural
consequence of desktop effects and polish.

> How many clicks on average does it take to find a program whose name
> you don't recall?

4/5 if you use the mouse. If you don't know the name, just type in what
kind of app or what category it is, e.g. editor->gedit(enter). A good
maintainer will ship a .desktop file that contains a set of relevant
tags.

> And when you change things because you think they are better, it is
> not that we are resistant to change, we are resistant to fiddling
> because of boredom.

Is that what you think the Gnome devs are basing their decisions on?
Your status as an "experienced Information Technology specialist."
should really tell you otherwise

> I suspect, and I am not sure why, but Gnome will be forked, and
> something better will arise.

It has[0][1][3], if they are better (in your opinion), then use them. If
not, then what does that say when three forks of a desktop can't get it
right?

How did we get on to this anyway?

[0] http://mate-desktop.org/
[1] http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/
[3] SolusOS Consort (no project or source code page)

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Marco Scannadinari <marco scannadinari co uk>