Re: Gnome 3 desktop issues

[Wendell Nichols <wcn00 shaw ca>]

Hmm, quite a tempest!  Not my intention to be inflammatory honest.  I 
think that if I were to criticise the direction of desktop software 
(gnome and unity) it would be that they are trying to find ways to get 
new people to use the platform without due consideration for existing 
users.  One of my historical complaints about windows is that it was 
user friendly and expert hostile.  It would be a shame for Linux to go 
the same way.
I am personally not averse to contributing fixes to open source software 
and (on behalf of my employer) do so regularly as well as the occasional 
feature.  However I just don't have time to tackle something with as 
much learning curve as gnome-session just do retrofit some old behavior. 
  I'm not sure what sort of "cred" is required to be entitled to make 
criticizm.  (tongue in cheek)
I do know that when I remove some flexibility from one of my products 
that the user community meets me with torches and pitchforks.  I never 
win that one.

Well it looks like Linux Mint works ok on a VM.  I'll try it on bare 
metal this weekend...
Thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions.
wcn

On 11-12-09 01:59 PM, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Rovanion Luckey<rovanion luckey gmail com>  writes:
>
> Hi Rovanion,
>
> > Wandells complaints were more on the way the software is developed
> > rather than the software itself. That those who come to this list with
> > suggestions and ideas are verbally berated and otherwise treated badly
> > because they do not fit within the target audience of Gnome Shell.
> I did not complain about anything Wendell said.  It's perfectly fine to
> express your opinions, describe what's getting in one's way, and suggest
> what could be rethought.  And it's not that the developers don't listen.
> I think GNOME 3.2 is far more usable than was 3.0.  Hey, even Linus says
> so! ;-)
>
> > What you are doing is just proving his point. Can you please turn it
> > down a notch?
> I promise, that's my last mail on this issue.  It's just striking me
> when somebody makes demands on people sacrificing their spare time to
> work for common good.
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
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