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> At this point, I think they're in the same delusional mindset as the GNOME foundation, eg.: "our users don't know what's best for them!" To be fair, I think
by jacobmischka 5y ago
> At this point, I think they're in the same delusional mindset as the GNOME foundation, eg.: "our users don't know what's best for them!"
To be fair, I think they're trying to emulate Apple's behavior in this regard which ended up actually working very well for them. Not that I necessarily agree with that decision, I hate Apple for it, but I can't really blame them either when Apple has created what's considered the peak of UX these days using this mindset.
- smoldesu 5y agoApple's mindset works because they reap virtually unlimited margins off the software other people make. FOSS is diametrically opposed to that mindset.
- ant6n 5y agoI dunno. I’ve been using apple for years and wanted a linux that is a bit similar wrt multiple desktops in particular the three-finger swipe between desktops. Elementary OS has that, and it’s also vaguely pretty. At least that was my impression of the live cd. But it took me forever to set it up properly. It’s full of bundled software which u don’t need. And it’s even more opinionated than apple, while being less polished. What bugs me, after having spent several days to get this to work, is that I realised that they made the decision that software isn’t allowed to use systray icons. So software like the Dropbox client don’t work out of the box, because they can’t be accessed via gui. There’s oodles of people who complain about this, and the elementary os answer was something like “this (systray) api was deprecated years ago”, like it’s our own fault we rely on software that needs them.