| > 2. I hated Gnome 3 and Unity for that matter. Gnome 4 needs to take a step back and get out of the way. > You don't use the computer just for Gnome, but you use Gnome as a stepping stone. > All common apps should be one click away and everything should be as customizable and flexible as possible. This is exactly what they chose not to do. https://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg0... In a reply to Linus Torvalds: > Sorry to snip mid-sentence, but this is an important point: We're not aiming > for "powerfully extensible". We're aiming for "Just Works". Some people will > hate that. Some will love it. Personally, I'd rather have passionate users, > lovers and haters, than be than average and ignored, and I think you'll find > most GNOME developers feel the same way. So they made their choice, ignoring most of their own base were against it. Guess what? they lost users left and right. They had a sweet spot in Gnome 2 and a strong user base. They thought they could somehow get Windows and Mac users, but that wasn't just happening. At least not at that particular moment in history. So that was their decision and they didn't backtrack despite all the warnings (plenty during the last 7 years). Stubbornness gets you to obsolescence. |