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> GNOME dictates onto users what the developers think the users should use or have. I find that not acceptable. Every operating system (or DE) does that. Hell,
by monooso 9mo ago
> GNOME dictates onto users what the developers think the users should use or have. I find that not acceptable.
Every operating system (or DE) does that. Hell, every piece of software does that. They're all just a bunch of opinions wrapped in a user interface.
Some may provide more opportunities to change the defaults, but those defaults still remain.
- networkadmin 9mo agoYes, but the problem is the GNOME organization is headed by opinionated morons with zero clue how to design a user interface.
- monooso 9mo agoI rather like GNOME, which presumably also makes me a moron. Or perhaps we're all just people with differing opinions on what constitutes a "good" user interface.
- networkadmin 9mo agoThere are people who like Windows too. I also consider them morons.
- ranger_danger 9mo agoThey're probably referring to gnome's history of controversial opinions that many users don't like, such as: - "simplifying the UI" by removing many useful features (like systray icons) - "what makes you think sharpness is a metric?" - claiming fractional scaling is dumb because "monitors don't have fractional pixels" - "we know what users want" while ignoring most user feedback - "we're not copying mac OS" while blatantly doing so - "consistency is key" then changes entire UI paradigm every release - "what's the usecase for <insert well-known feature>?" - intentionally obscuring how to access / in the file picker And in general just being incredibly tone-deaf and abusive to their own users on the forums. Torvalds has been calling out their "users are idiots and are confused by functionality" stance for over 20 years now.