[Wylug-discuss] Gnome 3 Review

[Anne Wilson]

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On 24/03/12 14:32, John wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 11:14:19AM +0000, Simon Brown wrote:
>> 
>> Whether Windows, GNOME and Ubuntu get it right we shall see. Yes
>>  computer users like you and I will be neglected in the short
>> term. We have to be patient, they need time to adapt to this
>> change.
> 
> Various changes to use gestures may well make sense but that those
>  changes are damaging the existing user interface for
> desktop/laptop users is simply daft.  No wonder people are
> abandoning the GUIs which are so silly.
> 
> If this were just Windows I'd be unsurprised.  Oh well.
> 
> Rushing to write code for the "new" (*) stuff is perhaps the
> reason. Hopefully someone will eventually step back and do some
> design instead and then recode to a sane design.
> 
> (*) it's not really new but hey
> 
Wait until you hear the screams about Windows 8 :-)

It's inevitable that the "new and shiny" attracts developers.  I think
we are in the transition phase after which it will settle down to
alternative GUIs depending on platform.  I honestly don't think there
is anything to worry about, long term, despite some annoyances at present.

Anne
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