Re: GNOME 3 from Fedora user's perpective - request for changes

[JB <jb 1234abcd gmail com>]

Onyeibo Oku <twohotis@...> writes:

>... 
> Why am I not surprised?  Surely all that whining will have its toll on
> spectators who have no idea about the history of the subject matter.
> And that is what bothers me the most.  It seems to me that the reactions
> and overreactions of the old-timers will end up being the deciding
> factor rather than the subject matter.
> ...

The reaction (not overreaction) by "old-timers" is based on their experience
with what works and what not, and with technical and non-technical user bases.
Most of these birds are (and should be) concerned with ease-of-use and sane
continuity of design of their daily tools.
If geeks want fireworks, they can do it for their own pleasure.
But if geeks want to stop whining and sell their products to a broad public
to make money and have a good life afterwards, they have to offer what that
prospective customer and user base wants.
Screwing up something so fundamental as a menu system is not acceptable from
the same devs who delivered a fully functional GNOME 2 menu system.
Come on, progress backwards ?
What were you smoking guys when that feature was developed and tested here ?

JB