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> Almost every change Gnome3 did over Gnome2 was a change for the worse or for far worse. At first it felt like they just went for change for a sake of change
by pndy 4y ago
> Almost every change Gnome3 did over Gnome2 was a change for the worse or for far worse.
At first it felt like they just went for change for a sake of change so they could be unique among the DEs but now, it seems the long-term goal wasn't just creating a combination between desktop and mobile environment but aiming at being the mobile environment first with optional support for desktops.
And indeed, reading all experiences people had with devs working around Gnome nowadays it seems they forgot they're an open-source community and decided to play corporation card, where it's totally fine to ignore the end-user and their feedback.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago> but aiming at being the mobile environment first I'd say, being 'touch environment first', not mobile. And it resulted in a very poor UX for mouse users, while touch GNU/Linux computers never appeared (except androids, but they have no use for gnome anyway).
- dingi 4y agoGNOME has excellent support for keyboard based navigation BTW. Almost anything can be done with the keyboard. Most shell actions has a keyboard shortcut.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoThey could have done it without taking away convenient menus. Previously all apps had standardized interface, now everyone invents the bicycle for themselves.
- addicted 4y agoGnome’s focus has been creating a desktop environment that is consistent and easy to develop for. Which requires minimal testing and is not exceedingly buggy. Which is why Gnome is extremely popular across the spectrum. With users, distros and developers. Gnome makes Linux an OS that can compete with the likes of Macos and Windows and actually best them.