GNOME has lost its way
Posted May 20, 2004 5:33 UTC (Thu) by
Duncan (guest, #6647)
In reply to:
GNOME has lost its way by Alan_Hicks
Parent article:
The Spatial Way
> The Gnome developers need to decide if they
> want to make a dumbed down desktop for the
> unwashed masses or if they wish to return
> to their roots and make a powerful desktop
> that's easily customizable.
It would seem they already have. They've decided to go with what they
define as "simple". I don't know and don't care whether it's "simple" or
not. All I know is it doesn't do what I need and expect a GUI interface
to do.
In part, that interface *MUST* provide a likewise GUI interface for easy
customization, which it must allow, because my motto can be stated in the
words of an old Taco Bell commercial, "Forget Typical! Say goodbye to the
usual. [I'm] not the same-old same-old!" Thus, *NO* GUI environment is
going to fit *MY* needs right from the install, and I don't expect it too.
What I *DO* expect is that it be easily customizable. How much sense does
it make to have to go to a text (or worse yet, registry..) editor to
change individual colors in the GUI? It doesn't make sense. Full-stop.
If I wanted to be editing config files, I wouldn't be worried about
changing colors at all, as that's perfectly possible from the command
line. I want a point and click method, altho a little text box in the
color dialog for entering colors directly is also a good thing, as long as
I then get to see the color graphically.
Some users are indeed to technically illiterate to successfully cope with
all those options. Some corporations love desktops where the users HAVE
no options. Gnome seems fast headed down that path. That's fine, but
it's not me. I'll stick with KDE and what some call it's confusing
thicket of customizability options, thank you.
Duncan
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