Re: [Usability] usability Digest, Vol 89, Issue 1

[Nikolai Rachmaninoff <nikolairachmaninoff gmail com>]

Hi all,
I'm Marko.I would like to know if, in the near future, there will be any 
kind of gnome classic session (v 2.3x like).
The gnome 2.3X was something almost perfect, which only needed some more 
little improvements(Like the ''Print'' option in the content menu and 
similar...).

Let me explain:
-My customers had tons of complaints and I had to reinstall older 
versions of Gnome on their Notebooks/Desktops computers...23 this week.

My friends and customers brought back their computers and tell as follows:
-Complicated,useless & not complete.

Everything was so simple and intuitive with gnome 2.x, then everything 
gone wrong with Gnome 3.
Few examples on the comments:

-In Gnome 2.3x, I had a launcher for launching the gnome-main-menu and a 
few similar launchers to launch gnome-control-center.In one single-click 
I was able to see all my application and settings options(and to 
select/use them if wanted).
-On the same panel, it was possible to see all my current tasks (by the 
implementation of dockbarx or the default one) and to select/open/close 
them in any moment);With Gnome shell, I don't see anything until I click 
on ''Activities'' and then on the opened window(the appllication preview).
-In Gnome 2.3x I was able to switch/see all my desktops in one 
single-click.Now I don't see them/ have to click 2-3 times to switch the 
desktop/cannot set the number of desktops

The list of negative comments is very long, but I won't go on.

I was wondering if anybody could tell me if the there will be something 
like Gnome 2.3x.If not, it should be better to switch to another desktop 
environment.

Thank you in advance for the kind response,

P.S.:I'm not a fan of KDE, but....now it seems to be better than 
Gnome.The KDE is under constant development, but it's interface (the 
main one) never changed(Some things changed, but nothing 
important).Users don't want a ''revolution'':They want something 
familiar, something easy-to-use.
If you have something that ''works''(e.g. Gnome 2.3x), don't reinvent 
it:Just improve it.

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> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:50:58 +0530 (IST)
> From: Nitesh Narayan Lal<nitesh_leo yahoo in>
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> Subject: [Usability] Introduction and Help Needed
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> Hi,
> This is Nitesh I have an idea of an gnome application but need help for that ,as I am quite new to this field .If anyone can help and even ready to work ,I will be happy to brief my idea.
> Regards
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> From: Heiko Tietze<heiko tietze apliki de>
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> In this list you can discuss usability issues related to Gnome and, of course, ideas for Gnome programs. I believe it's a good idea to start before any coding.
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> Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2011, 22:50:58 schrieb Nitesh Narayan Lal:
> > Hi,
> > This is Nitesh I have an idea of an gnome application but need help for that ,as I am quite new to this field .If anyone can help and even ready to work ,I will be happy to brief my idea.
> > Regards
> > Nitesh