The Grumpy Editor's GNOME 3 experience

You've got to be trolling me?

I won't do a point for point rebuttal, there's simply no need for it.

> * fix using alt+tab while dragging (most of my windows are full screen, so dragging between apps means switching foreground windows at the same time)

That's an interesting bug, should probably be fixed, yes. If you don't have a bug number already, tell me and I'll file it.

> * fix the problems that happen when various parts of the the desktop crash or are kill -9ed. (why do my icons move around in the panel even when they are locked?)

Already fixed. But why are you expecting things to shut down cleanly when you do not shut it down, cleanly?

> * fix all of the dialogs that are too tall to fit in smaller screens (think netbooks, or systems set to 640x480 for accessibility reasons or have larger fonts set. )

640x isn't even a usable resolution any more, most definitely not for "accessibility" reasons. However, 1024x600 resolutions are quite common on netbooks.

> * merge metacity and compiz

Why? Merging two active and distinctly separated codebases with different development policies is not a pretty option, just look at the mess it causes in kvm/qemu and similar developments. This is just you wanting others to do gruntjob for no good reason, so you can sit around and feel superior that you were such a good idea person.

> * make sure 2d only works just fine

Sure, it does, tested and working.

> * fix the system monitor applet so it doesn't get stuck when a remote sshfs filesystem gets stuck

Fixed. No more bonobo-applets, no more issues.

> * change the list of cities in the weather applet so they are grouped by smaller areas like counties (in the US) instead of just state.

That's depending on datasets import, most probably you'll have to file a bug with weather.com or weather underground.

Or perhaps just move, Seems like a reasonable solution, letting you do the work rather than you telling others what to do with bias and poor reason?

> * convert mono based apps to java, scala, vala, etc. and remove any reference to mono in gnome. (the sun of freedom may be setting in the Java space, but it is better than .net, or use something that isn't JVM based.)

Once again, going on about changing something from a negative bias. Second system syndrome and everything. In one side you _complain_ when they do it, claiming gnome-shell is horrible and bad and they should never have done it. And then you want them to do it on _other_ things, except there should be no visible change, and all the behaviours should be the same, just so you can feel smug and superior.

Rewriting code just in order to change the platform it's running on is never a good option. You introduce a lot of regressions and changes for marginal gains. Once again you want others to do a lot of work for no gain and no reason, other than your own self esteemed of being a managerial idea person.

> * Gnome 3 should have been a branch and the 2.x mainline development should not have stopped until gnome 3 was ready to be merged.

It was a branch, and it was merged when it was decided to be ready, then work continued on it.