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Developers live in Terminal and text editors, and regular people don't care about customization? There's a reason why Linux on the desktop didn't pan out. Peopl

Developers live in Terminal and text editors, and regular people don't care about customization? There's a reason why Linux on the desktop didn't pan out. People don't want choice. They want to be told what to do and get on with their life.

keithpeter 13y ago
Hence the Gnome desktop's new direction. I actually quite like it (on good hardware with fully functional graphics drivers) but I know that some find the reduction in configuration and removal of options hard.
Flow 13y ago
> They want to be told what to do. Why degrade people like that? You sound like those hard-core Android fanbois that never misses a chance to tell you they think iPhone users are sheep. :-( No, they want the software and options to be thought through before released. Why have 20 options for 100% of the users, when 16 good defaults and 4 options is the better way for 90+% of the users? In OS X, I bet most of those 16 options can be changed using a terminal command.
- anonymoushn 13y ago
  Unfortunately some of the defaults do not seem to have been thought through and cannot be changed from the terminal. For instance, fat-fingering the button right above backspace will pause your music and make you log back in to keep doing whatever you were doing, and full screening YouTube videos will sometimes trigger a soul-crushungly long transition to the needless removal of all the contents of your other monitors.
  - x0054 13y ago
    Ok, the lack of power button options is silly, as is the location for the said button. But there is a "fix" for it: http://binchewer.org/blog/index.php?id=1 http://binchewer.org/blog/index.php?id=1 Live patching if not the best thing in the world, but it works.
    - anonymoushn 13y ago
      Thanks for pointing this out.
- jinushaun 13y ago
  Not degrading. That's why I own an iPhone. I got more important things to do than change the keyboard on my Android phone. (Yes, I own both)
hobbes 13y ago
Having a choice doesn't mean you need to make a choice. There's a thing called default settings that apply to those who want to be told what to do.
- banachtarski 13y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More_Is_Less http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More...
  - hobbes 13y ago
    It appears that that article applies to situations where you need to make a choice. When you accept the UI defaults, someone has chosen your meal or movie for you - no choice needs to be made.

keithpeter 13y ago

Hence the Gnome desktop's new direction. I actually quite like it (on good hardware with fully functional graphics drivers) but I know that some find the reduction in configuration and removal of options hard.

Flow 13y ago

> They want to be told what to do. Why degrade people like that? You sound like those hard-core Android fanbois that never misses a chance to tell you they think iPhone users are sheep. :-( No, they want the software and options to be thought through before released. Why have 20 options for 100% of the users, when 16 good defaults and 4 options is the better way for 90+% of the users? In OS X, I bet most of those 16 options can be changed using a terminal command.

anonymoushn 13y ago
Unfortunately some of the defaults do not seem to have been thought through and cannot be changed from the terminal. For instance, fat-fingering the button right above backspace will pause your music and make you log back in to keep doing whatever you were doing, and full screening YouTube videos will sometimes trigger a soul-crushungly long transition to the needless removal of all the contents of your other monitors.
- x0054 13y ago
  Ok, the lack of power button options is silly, as is the location for the said button. But there is a "fix" for it: http://binchewer.org/blog/index.php?id=1 http://binchewer.org/blog/index.php?id=1 Live patching if not the best thing in the world, but it works.
  - anonymoushn 13y ago
    Thanks for pointing this out.
jinushaun 13y ago
Not degrading. That's why I own an iPhone. I got more important things to do than change the keyboard on my Android phone. (Yes, I own both)

hobbes 13y ago

Having a choice doesn't mean you need to make a choice. There's a thing called default settings that apply to those who want to be told what to do.

banachtarski 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More_Is_Less http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More...
- hobbes 13y ago
  It appears that that article applies to situations where you need to make a choice. When you accept the UI defaults, someone has chosen your meal or movie for you - no choice needs to be made.