Re: Disliking gnome 3

[Pasha R <pashar ml gmail com>]

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM, John Stowers
<john stowers lists gmail com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 09:15 +0300, Pasha R wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Giovanni Campagna
>> <scampa giovanni gmail com> wrote:
>> > Il giorno gio, 01/09/2011 alle 21.42 +0300, Pasha R ha scritto:
>> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
>> >> <awilliam whitemice org> wrote:
>> >> > On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 18:16 +0300, Pasha R wrote:
>> >> >> My problem is that shell is simply inconvenient to use and insulting
>> >> >> attitude of developers
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't feel insulted at all.
>> >> Good for you. I find an attitude commonly expressed on this and some
>> >> other lists "we know better what you should want" insulting.
>> >
>>
>> First of all, thank you for an answer.
>>
>> >
>> > I concede that our solutions are not meant for everybody, as there may
>> > be people with different conflicting requirements, but we're still
>> > convinced they apply for the vast majority of our target user base. On
>>
>> This is my first problem: what is your target user base? I don't think
>> it is "advanced" users, since they usually want to customize their
>> systems much more than allowed by current design. It is also probably
>> not "novice" users - for example I don't see my mother typing
>> application name anytime soon, and she will definitely feel lost in
>> all these icons thrown into overview.
>
> The problem is arguments like these are so anecdotal they become
> uninteresting. For example, my partner has no difficulty with G3, typing
> 'music' launches rhythmbox (i.e. no need to know the program name) and

This argument is even less interesting. I'm glad your partner has no
problem with G3. I know enough people that do.

> this icon based launcher is familiar to smartphone users.
Then G3 is probably good for smartphones. But I tried to run it on a
PC and it's a mess. Especially, if you use it with language other than
English.