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Mena-Quintero: A Friday rant on Gnome 3, journalists, and power users

Posted Nov 12, 2012 14:26 UTC (Mon) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: Mena-Quintero: A Friday rant on Gnome 3, journalists, and power users by ewan
Parent article: Mena-Quintero: A Friday rant on Gnome 3, journalists, and power users

"Handset manufacturer replaces most of the GUI" != "end user tweaks theme"

Ubuntu also replaced most of the UI of Gnome 3 with Unity, Microsoft changes the UI regularly to make their latest stuff look new.

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Posted Nov 12, 2012 14:42 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]

Microsoft havn't changed the general template for their UI since windows '95. Even with the latest Windows 8, that basic template is still there apparently.

Mena-Quintero: A Friday rant on Gnome 3, journalists, and power users

Posted Nov 13, 2012 16:40 UTC (Tue) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

"General template" is vague enough to mean nothing. The point discussed in this thread is GTK+ themeability, and Microsoft indeed changes the UI theme with each and every release of Windows.

Mena-Quintero: A Friday rant on Gnome 3, journalists, and power users

Posted Nov 12, 2012 15:28 UTC (Mon) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]

Maybe so, but as an end user I can replace these components too, straight from the Android Market/Play Store. And my default HTC setup has a 'personalize' button right on the main interface which allows me to tweak all sorts of stuff and install new skins.

Specifics aside, the general idea that it's impossible to design something useful if you don't know exactly how it's going to look is a nonsense.