Re: Section from "What's New in Fedora 28 Workstation?" article for Fedora Magazine



Thanks for your feedback everyone! I spent some time rewriting the
article, and it has expanded into a much larger piece. I will probably
be writing this as a separate article, or at least as a part of a
larger article about GNOME.

Considering the size, I drafted it in a wiki page instead of a paste in
an email.

https://wiki.gnome.org/LinkDupont/FilesDesktopIcons

I feel like the larger format was necessary to explain the scenario in
more detail.

On Mon, 2018-04-23 at 07:10 -0700, Link Dupont wrote:
Thank you, that makes a ton of sense. I'll see what I can create for
a
second draft.

Link

On Mon, 2018-04-23 at 09:42 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
Thanks for reaching out about this, Link. I know from experience
that
writing about contentious decisions can be tricky to get right.

Liam R. E. Quin <liam w3 org> wrote:
...
Remember that the only people made happy by removing features
generally
are developers...

I agree with Liam here. Introducing features that users appreciate
as
"technical debt" is only going to irritate them.

My suggestion would be to:

  1. Start with a more positive, user-centered, narrative: how the
Nautilus developers are working to improve the experience for
users.
What they've done recently to do that, what they're planning to do.
  2. The current draft makes the removal sound like an
implementation
failure rather than a technical design question. I think it's
important to explain it in terms of the intrinsic nature of icons
on
the desktop - it's a very different file browsing experience.
  3. Stress that the Nautilus developers do care about those who
use
icons on the desktop. Emphasise that alternatives have been
considered. Argue that the people using those alternatives is a
better
option for them and for everyone as the code base moves forward.

Allan

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