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I am 100% convinced that GNOME 2 was one of the greatest UIs of all time. Its UX was incredibly simple yet beautiful, and GNOME 3 and 4 instead feel gimmicky an
by qalmakka 5y ago
I am 100% convinced that GNOME 2 was one of the greatest UIs of all time. Its UX was incredibly simple yet beautiful, and GNOME 3 and 4 instead feel gimmicky and disconnected from reality when compared to it. Mate really deserves more love nowadays.
- grumpyprole 5y agoMy theory is that GNOME (basically RedHat) were concerned about software patents. I cannot think of any other reason why they would make it so different to the mainstream and thus less intuitive for most. IMHO it is not an improvement. Luckily Ubuntu have made it slightly more normal.
- toast0 5y agoAround the time of GNOME 3, everybody was doing big changes to their desktop experience. There must have been something in the air that said let's screw up desktops. This was when Windows 8 was putting tiles everywhere (but you know, not actually everywhere) and OS X was ruining things in a more subtle way I can't remember.
- michaelmrose 5y agoEveryone involved has talked extensively over the years about what they think about the desktop UI experience there is no need to add complexity.