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The GNOME designers really only give a damn about UI, eyecandy, and making everything as cool and good looking as they physically can. The real problem is that

The GNOME designers really only give a damn about UI, eyecandy, and making everything as cool and good looking as they physically can. The real problem is that this has basically annihilated any trace of decent UX from GNOME, and it went from being literally one of the best UX ever made (GNOME 2, now MATE) to an absolute mess of good looking, confusing crap. GNOME 3 and 4x aren't just "different". They are simply bad. GNOME 2 was different, and it was amazing. I remember letting my mother using my computer in the late '00s and even though she was absolutely terrible with computers she figured out how to use GNOME 2 in like, 20 minutes. Applications? Click on applications. Where is the download directory? Just click on Places. Sadly GNOME isn't alone in this trend though, no one except KDE Plasma gives a damn about UX anymore.

Sin2x 4y ago
Elementary's Pantheon was a breath of fresh air in the field of average user's DEs, but sadly they seem to have encountered some internal issues within the company and it's unclear if the future is bright.
krylon 4y ago
I am sooooo happy that MATE exists. I'm sure there's plenty of things people dislike about it, but to me, it hits the sweet spot. Maybe this is just because I've been using MATE and before that Gnome 2 for more than 15 years now, but over the years, I have come to believe this is a value in itself. It's why Windows 8 made me pretty mad - the good old desktop of Windows 95 - Windows 7 was not perfect, but I have spent enough time using it I no longer needed to think about how this thing or that thing worked, it was almost muscle-memory. When I wake up in the middle of the night and need to visit the bathroom, I can navigate my apartment without turning the light on. I feel that desktop environments are similar - familiarity beats clever design hands down, so I prefer small, incremental changes to "re-inventing" things.

Sin2x 4y ago

Elementary's Pantheon was a breath of fresh air in the field of average user's DEs, but sadly they seem to have encountered some internal issues within the company and it's unclear if the future is bright.

krylon 4y ago

I am sooooo happy that MATE exists. I'm sure there's plenty of things people dislike about it, but to me, it hits the sweet spot. Maybe this is just because I've been using MATE and before that Gnome 2 for more than 15 years now, but over the years, I have come to believe this is a value in itself. It's why Windows 8 made me pretty mad - the good old desktop of Windows 95 - Windows 7 was not perfect, but I have spent enough time using it I no longer needed to think about how this thing or that thing worked, it was almost muscle-memory. When I wake up in the middle of the night and need to visit the bathroom, I can navigate my apartment without turning the light on. I feel that desktop environments are similar - familiarity beats clever design hands down, so I prefer small, incremental changes to "re-inventing" things.