Re: gnome-shell-list Digest, Vol 9, Issue 2

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 11 Jul 2009, at 17:03, Bennet Gedan wrote:
> I fully understand and respect this. I think it's kind of a compliment
> if users do not debate about the mechanisms, but about polishing the
> interface, as this means the interface is pretty usable right now (at
> least for me).

And therein lies the potential trap -- I'd wager that most people  
who've seen or used gnome-shell so far aren't just "users", but  
developers.

If that's the extent of our target audience, then fine... but  
otherwise we ought to be looking for validation from a much a wider  
range of users that the basic ideas are sound, and preferably  
measurably more efficient than what currently exists, before worrying  
too much about how snazzy it looks.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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