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It sounds like you're saying that Gnome 3 is now targeting non-nerds and that nerds should use something else. Fair enough I suppose. The thing that's incredib
by chris_j 14y ago
It sounds like you're saying that Gnome 3 is now targeting non-nerds and that nerds should use something else. Fair enough I suppose.
The thing that's incredibly frustrating from my perspective is that Gnome 2, for me at least, was perfect. It wasn't pretty but it let me launch applications, switch workspaces and use ALT-TAB the way that I wanted to and then pretty much got out of my way and let me get my work done. It was targeted at nerds and it's extremely frustrating that it appears to have been deprecated in favour of something that isn't.
- PommeDeTerre 14y agoAn important thing to keep in mind is that GNOME 2 and earlier were developed first and foremost by programmers, from top to bottom. While there was some input from self-proclaimed "UI designers" and "usability experts", we generally saw experienced C programmers with a strong UNIX and X11 background calling the shots. That changed with GNOME 3. The involvement of so-called "designers" was much more significant. They've been calling many of the shots. Changes aren't being made for pragmatic reasons, by the very same users who use GNOME to get serious work done. Rather, the changes are made purely for aesthetic or speculative reasons. In many cases, they appear to be direct rip-offs of OS X's approach.