Play "Quest for the Linux Desktop Configuration" [LWN.net]

Play "Quest for the Linux Desktop Configuration"

Posted Mar 15, 2011 18:02 UTC (Tue) by brugolsky (guest, #28)
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

Figuring out the latest configuration-fu would be a lot more entertaining if the settings applet were a 3D quest-style adventure game, complete with crumbling floors, flying arrows, magical incantations, and powerful amulets. Then the GNOME UI designers could argue over how to organize the levels and where to place the hidden focus-follows-mouse portal with each new release.

Thanks Jon for lighting the way; sadly, your fate is likely to be the skeleton in the corner of the anteroom with the arrow through its head. ;-)

Play "Quest for the Linux Desktop Configuration"

Posted Mar 15, 2011 22:09 UTC (Tue) by cmccabe (guest, #60281) [Link] (2 responses)

Having to click on your own name and hold down the alt key to get to "shutdown" does seem like something out of an adventure game.

Play "Quest for the Linux Desktop Configuration"

Posted Mar 16, 2011 11:23 UTC (Wed) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link]

At least you don't have to collect an empty can and six ingredients so you can brew "shutdown juice" first.

Play "Quest for the Linux Desktop Configuration"

Posted Mar 16, 2011 17:51 UTC (Wed) by meyert (subscriber, #32097) [Link]

Oh, yeah that's intuitive! risible.

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Posted Mar 16, 2011 15:53 UTC (Wed) by me@jasonclinton.com (subscriber, #52701) [Link] (3 responses)

We have great documentation which is being finished up this week by the GNOME Docs Team. All of this should be addressed there.

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Posted Mar 20, 2011 19:55 UTC (Sun) by jae (guest, #2369) [Link]

And people read documentation. Yeah, right.

Seriously: do you *honestly* think clicking you own name and pressing Alt (mouse and keyboard together) is *more* intuitive than the Start button?

Play "Quest for the Linux Desktop Configuration"

Posted Mar 21, 2011 2:30 UTC (Mon) by jcm (subscriber, #18262) [Link] (1 responses)

Is there a plan to document the other major parts of the GNOME desktop as far as programming applications for it go? Could we, perhaps get to a point in another ten years where people are able to write applications without using other applications as a reference?

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Posted Mar 21, 2011 2:39 UTC (Mon) by me@jasonclinton.com (subscriber, #52701) [Link]

Stop trolling, please. http://library.gnome.org/devel/