Thanks for your feedback everyone! I spent some time rewriting the article, and it has expanded into a much larger piece. I will probably be writing this as a separate article, or at least as a part of a larger article about GNOME.
Considering the size, I drafted it in a wiki page instead of a paste in an email. https://wiki.gnome.org/LinkDupont/FilesDesktopIcons I feel like the larger format was necessary to explain the scenario in more detail. On Mon, 2018-04-23 at 07:10 -0700, Link Dupont wrote: > Thank you, that makes a ton of sense. I'll see what I can create for > a > second draft. > > Link > > On Mon, 2018-04-23 at 09:42 +0100, Allan Day wrote: > > Thanks for reaching out about this, Link. I know from experience > > that > > writing about contentious decisions can be tricky to get right. > > > > Liam R. E. Quin <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > > Remember that the only people made happy by removing features > > > generally > > > are developers... > > > > I agree with Liam here. Introducing features that users appreciate > > as > > "technical debt" is only going to irritate them. > > > > My suggestion would be to: > > > > 1. Start with a more positive, user-centered, narrative: how the > > Nautilus developers are working to improve the experience for > > users. > > What they've done recently to do that, what they're planning to do. > > 2. The current draft makes the removal sound like an > > implementation > > failure rather than a technical design question. I think it's > > important to explain it in terms of the intrinsic nature of icons > > on > > the desktop - it's a very different file browsing experience. > > 3. Stress that the Nautilus developers do care about those who > > use > > icons on the desktop. Emphasise that alternatives have been > > considered. Argue that the people using those alternatives is a > > better > > option for them and for everyone as the code base moves forward. > > > > Allan > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
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