GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode [LWN.net]

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 9, 2012 17:44 UTC (Fri) by tjc (guest, #137)
In reply to: GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode by mmonaco
Parent article: GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

> We knew it was going to happen.

Call me cynical, but I suspect this was "Plan A" from the start.

But I'm not complaining -- I quite like Cinnamon on top of Gnome 3.

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GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 9, 2012 18:16 UTC (Fri) by intgr (subscriber, #39733) [Link] (8 responses)

> Call me cynical, but I suspect this was "Plan A" from the start.

"Cynical"? "Suspect"? What's wrong with you people?! You make it sound like developing GNOME 3 was a big conspiracy with the only goal of conning people into using the fallback mode and then drop that when users expect it the least. And now you're saying "I told you so! I suspected it from the start!" :)

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 9, 2012 20:49 UTC (Fri) by sionescu (subscriber, #59410) [Link] (3 responses)

It's a very reasonable thing to suspect, that the GNOME devs tried to lure users who disliked the new UI with the promise that an old-style UI would be always available, while actually intending to renege on that promise as soon as possible.

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 9, 2012 23:18 UTC (Fri) by ebassi (subscriber, #54855) [Link] (2 responses)

[citation needed]

i.e. cite your sources, or cut the bullshit.

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 10, 2012 13:30 UTC (Sat) by sionescu (subscriber, #59410) [Link] (1 responses)

No citation is needed. In my experience of human affairs and product marketing, this is a tactic often used; therefore I suspect the GNOME developers of having used it.

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 22, 2012 16:37 UTC (Thu) by TRauMa (guest, #16483) [Link]

No citation is needed. In my experience of human affairs and society, unnecessary cruelty is a human trait often experienced; therefore I suspect the you of torturing babies.

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 9, 2012 23:51 UTC (Fri) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link] (3 responses)

> What's wrong with you people?!

Well, speaking for myself, I'm a dinosaur that doesn't want my desktop to look (and act) like a giant smartphone.

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 10, 2012 4:26 UTC (Sat) by ncm (guest, #165) [Link] (2 responses)

Why can't anybody make a phone that's as easy to use as a computer?

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 18, 2012 17:06 UTC (Sun) by Jandar (subscriber, #85683) [Link] (1 responses)

“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.”
- Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 24, 2012 7:31 UTC (Sat) by steffen780 (guest, #68142) [Link]

You and Bjarne made my day! :D