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Unity is very innovative, and so is Gnome 3, but that does not equal "all innovation". In fact, about 70% of Unity's innovations are features copied from the ma
by hasenj 15y ago
Unity is very innovative, and so is Gnome 3, but that does not equal "all innovation". In fact, about 70% of Unity's innovations are features copied from the mac: indicators, launcher, panel.
Gnome shell, while innovative, I don't see it as aimed for the typical end user, instead it's aimed for the more technical users.
gtk2 is still present in Unity and it's still a major anti-innovative set back.
To be honest, I like Unity as a desktop better than OS X, but as applications, OS X is still ahead. (As a Unix I still like Ubuntu better, that's a different subject).
- jamesgeck0 15y agoGnome shell is not aimed at technical users. It's simplified or removed many features which were present in Gnome 2, as well as a lot of customization. The tagline, "Made of easy", and the usability testing they've done suggest that Gnome 3 is trying to be a general purpose environment that anyone can use.
- hasenj 15y agoThey may think so, but the gnome guys imo (no offense) are a bit too technical to really understand the needs of non-technical end users. From what I've seen so far of gnome3 it seems very confusing.