Re: [Nautilus-list] performance and usability

[David Moles <david moles vykor com>]

On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 10:53, James Mitchell Allmond wrote:
> 	Since when did this become personal? 

Has it?

> I state what I believe to be facts
> about a program in hopes that the constructive criticism would help in
> some fashion

"Stating the facts" is not, by itself, constructive criticism. It's
just criticism. /Constructive/ criticism would include, among other
things, either finding a new problem that people didn't already know
about, or finding a solution (even a partial solution) to one they
*did* know about. Heck, it might even include a well-reasoned
argument why a known problem that's been designated low priority
should be considered high priority.

It doesn't really include complaining about a well-known, high-
priority problem.

> and people make personal attacks on me? Who's the one
> that's childish? I even apologized beforehand for sending negative
> comments but negative comments are sometimes needed.

Yes, but when people have heard the negative comments over and over,
are well aware of the problems they raise, and are working hard to
deal with the underlying issues is not one of those times.

> For those of you
> that aren't use to them, it's about time you get use to them because
> it's the only thing that will make you want to try harder. 

Anyone on this list who's not used to negative comments, please
raise your hand. :)

> 	Some say, "code it yourself then." Well not all of us have time for
> everything we find flawed or in need of help. 

Maybe not, but just complaining doesn't solve the problem, either.

> Another thing to remember
> is that Nautilus became the default file browser for gnome after much
> hype and lip from eazel and the nautilus developers. With that comes
> responsibility. If the Nautilus developers do not wish to have their
> product criticized, don't have it as the primary file browser of gnome.

*Constructively* criticized.

> Especially when GMC was much more useful from a practical standpoint.
> Yes, I know I can switch to GMC myself but that's not the point. 

Actually, I think it is. If you don't like a piece of free software
*and* you're not helping to fix it, then that's your problem, not the
developers' problem.

If you feel you're being ripped off by your distribution vendor 
because they're charging you money for a substandard product in making
Nautilus the default, perhaps you should take it up with them.

> 	My negative comments do Nautilus and the developers more justice than
> those that praise everything about Nautilus and make stupid claims on
> how it's superior to anything from MS or Apple.

Funny, I don't see a lot of that on this list. Have you spent much
time reading the archives?

> Such comments are
> delusional and portray the product as 100% acceptable as is. Then you're
> stuck with a shitty application that has nothing going for it but
> blindly devoted fools that hype it to something it's not.

If that's how you feel, you're welcome to leave us to our foolishness.

--D

P.S.: To the rest of you on this list: *I'm* sure not contributing any
code, either -- if I'm making comments that aren't constructive, feel
free to let me know. :)