On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 13:58, Christopher Roy Bratusek <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I'm not personally attacking people with whom I disagree. I just > > described where the different perception of how many users want to > > replace their WM might come from. Which is quite a central point when > > discussing whether it's hugely important to be WM agnostic, or not. > ... > Well, I already said, but still, I'm speaking what users think. I'm reading > it > on Forums, OpenDesktop, ProLinux, ML & Co. All I wanted is that people at > least listen to it, but for some this seems impossible. ... > But as some have unvealed today, it's not the real reason, marketing is the > magic word and to provide a desktop "made from one", and some other less > valid > reasons (eg.: even if you allow modularization you can provide great user- > experience as modifications made by the user bother him/her not you). > > So today I finally got the real reasons told and I told you my opinion > (with > wich, as you can see from the responses, I'm not alone). > Your tone and behavior is outside the bounds of what I care to continue to engage and so this will be my last response to you. I said that I was speaking as a member of the Marketing Team. The MT had *no* involvement whatsoever in guiding the design of GNOME Shell. Jon and Jakob's UI Shell designs stand on their own as good user interface design--that is their goal, nothing else. The MT's job is to take the finished product and narrate that to the outside world. You cannot take anything else from what I wrote. > Just one last thing for now: Most of those who disagreed with me are > developers, most of them who agreed with me are users. For me that means > that > I'm right when I say I'm pointing out what I heard from users all around > the > places. No one subscribed to d-d-l would be representative of our end users. I could not even consider the occasional unhappy enthusiast on a forum representative. > Also note the discussion about the applets, there where several people > complaining. Next take into account that you a) have to register for this > ML > and b) be "brave" enough (lots of users simply don't ask/complain/comment > because they think "they don't are allowed/have the right"). > > Now if you take the complaining people from all places mentioned above and > all > other places I never visited (regional forums, LUGs etc pp), you can be > sure > that more than 1% is unhappy with your decision. > > Of course it's yours, but it must be possible that critics aren't > automatically interpreted as rants or attacks. I got the feeling some > around > here do that. > You are ranting and your tone is entirely accusatory.
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