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

[Onyeibo Oku <twohotis gmail com>]

On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 15:21 +0000, JB wrote:
> 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.

Aren't we all concerned?  Just that you're failing to see how relative
those concerns are.  One guy thinks it stinks the other swears its a
gift from heaven.  I still ask, what about you?  Have you used it? How
long has it been? A day?  I've been testing this movement since 2.31.5
(about 6months, I think). Its interesting following the process.  You
should try it.

> 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.

And who is the prospective customer?  The select few ... the geeks
again?  And if the new generation of PC users are not vastly blessed
with the past experiences of the old-timers they should rot?  That's not
a good model for money making.  You expand your user base to make
profits.  Don't get me wrong, I aspire to be a geek, know as much as I
can about linux but maturity is allowing others a window of opportunity
to plug into the system  (It will bring discomfort and challenges but
there is always a way around every problem ... and its not moving back
to status quo)


> What were you smoking guys when that feature was developed and tested here ?

Huh? Are you being objective with that question?