On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Camilo Mesias <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > It's not that ridiculous if you think about it. It might be different > to what you are used to from a Linux distro. > > I'm thinking of lots of modern websites where the design and > functionality has been changed*. These are leading sites that haven't > got to where they are by alienating users. It is similar to changing > the way the desktop works. I am sorry, but I don't agree. I meant what I said. It's horrible UX, even I can see that. Fedora is not Facebook or Twitter and even if you could compare a desktop operating system to a website, I'd say the way that these proprietary, closed systems are handling their design choices is nothing a volunteer-driven Linux distro should aspire to. As Nicu said, we already have way too many choices, questions and knobs as it stands. I don't want us to become one-happy-button MacOS, far from that, but we still need to be conscious of not confusing or annoying end users- > As a gentle introduction to the changes, > the user on first login is offered a tour of the new features which > integrates nicely with a chance to change or set the optional bits of > the interface. Actually I think that would work really well with Gnome > 3 if only someone had the time, the overall vision and the > responsibility for making sure the users 'bought in' to the new > design... Do you remember Windows XP? I haven't seen one single user in five years of part-time professional Windows end-user support that hasn't clicked away these tours immediately. People don't want them. People also want a nice default wallpaper without being asked questions. If in doubt, I'd rather use the stock Gnome wallpaper than asking people questions first. It's a nice-looking wallpaper and my quarrel with adopting it lies on a very different level as I hope I've made clear in this thread already. No offense, I didn't want to insult you, I just wanted to be clear about it. Fab
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