On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 17:10 +0300, Sami Pietilä wrote: > > How? Certainly not a poll, there is no way to contact "GNOME users" > > The vast majority of GNOME users I'd suspect never get go to the web page. > I am confident that it is possible to find an acceptable method of > gathering user input. For example, it seems that any web site becomes > surprisingly popular (for a while) after being slashdotted, slashdot certainly does not yield a general demographic; and you have no way to separate actual users from trolling natterers. > user interface being a very interesting topic. Additionally, I > wouldn't be surprised if a large number of gnome users can be caught > by visiting gnome-shell extension site. Extensions get reviews and ratings; that might tell you something. > > Every version gets better. > Important question is that are design goals aligned with what most > users want. If this is true, then your statement should be generally > true. The concern is the heavy critique that the gnome-shell is > receiving. The entire problem with this premise is the concept of "user" and their "wants". Most user's do not have "wants", other than 'for it to work well' which is not specific. After 25+ years in I.T. as developer, consultant, administrator, technical writer... I can assure you that asking an end-user to articulate their desires is a pointless blind alley. There are usability studies, accessibility studies, and there have been long discussions about these, and long feedback periods. I'd suggest you participate in those if this topic interests you. This list isn't really the appropriate forum to reach into those topics.
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