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GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

Posted Jun 16, 2011 21:47 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
In reply to: GNOME Shell, extensions, and control by ovitters
Parent article: GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

It's OK if you consider "positive feedback" all the people that has announced that they have ditched (not planing to abandon, but actually abandoned) GNOME for XFCE (just like myself).


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GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

Posted Jun 17, 2011 9:45 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]

I don't get why you've replied. You're trying to say I'm lying when I said I've seen a lot of positive feedback? I did not do that.

GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

Posted Jun 18, 2011 16:12 UTC (Sat) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

I'm sure you have heard a lot of positive feedback. But I also believe you are a victim of confirmation bias. Obviously, if you glean comments from the gnome-shell mailing list, you're unlikely to see many people who want to ditch gnome-shell.

GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

Posted Jun 19, 2011 0:51 UTC (Sun) by nzjrs (subscriber, #35911) [Link]

It would be interesting to do a proper survey, but in my experience the gnome-shell mailing list contains mostly negative reactions, or much closer to 50/50 love/hate. And a terrible S/N ratio.

GNOME Shell, extensions, and control

Posted Jun 23, 2011 14:26 UTC (Thu) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]

It is not about confirmation bias. I don't know if the majority likes it or not. I am just saying that I had a lot of positive feedback. I'd like to know if it is considered something positive or not, but just don't know.

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