[cuu508]

> GNOME 3 is a perfect, and very recent, example of what you're describing.

Agree, in a sense that it has abandoned tinkerers and focused on mainstream users. I'm not sure the result is disastrous, though. In Google Trends GNOME has maintained its position relative to KDE:

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=gnome+kde#q=gnome%2C...

If you have more relevant stats, please share!

[Sprint]

I share the dislike of Gnome 3 with many but I also see the potential of it for others so this is meant as a humorous countergraph: https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%22xfce%20sucks%22%2...

(Google Trends is not a measure of anything but Google Trends!)

[inthewind]

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=gnome+issues#q=gnome...

[richtr]

Since we seem to be doing Google Trends here is a relevant one:

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22chrome%20sucks%22...

How did that work out again?

[olimp]

It's because now more people search how to solve Gnome problems vs KDE problems. I'm not joking.