I'm sorry to say that my first response to this was "Oh no, not another blog to keep up with," or words to that effect. The content of that post is clearly written and quite well thought out, but it would be easier to discuss the points if they were in 8 to 12 separate bug reports. When several issues are all put together, only 2 or 3 of them will ever be discussed! Bug reports also offer the facility to track the resolution of each issue separately; meaning everyone interested in the issue can easily see which ones have been fixed & which ones haven't.
With all that said, most of the points themselves are very logical. I'll confine my comments to point 7 and the one paragraph that really bothered me: > Fight against each useless option. An option that influences “something”, > but has no real benefit for the user should be discussed again. It’s not > a shame to remove an option that (nearly) nobody uses! One word: NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo............. I switched to Linux in 1999, feeling very strongly about a couple of issues. I knew nothing about licenses and the motives behind them, nothing about the unethical practices considered normal in the software businesses; what I knew and cared about was that I was expected to use a GUI that was designed with no thought to what I was comfortable with! I don't know if you have heard the phrase "tyranny of the majority"? Tyranny of the majority is what happens when those in control decides that because "hardly anybody" needs a certain something, nobody needs that something. If "nearly nobody" uses something, that means that some people do, and chances are they use it for a good reason. In my case, funnily enough, matters pertaining to stacking order and focus were a significant part of my hate for Windows in 1999. I was delighted when I found I could have window focus entirely independent of the stacking order, amongst other issues... On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:54:11 +0100 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Since the last months I noticed that E17 is becoming really stable from > the technical side. Thanks for this great window manager! > > But on the other side I noticed that the configuration usability is > sometimes a nightmare. The topics are sometimes to big to write them > into a single bug report. Because of this I decided to write a blog > entry about E17 usability. If you like we could discuss below the > article or here about my points. These are only my two cents, but I > think maybe someone else could have the same problems. > > Here is the link to my blog: > http://andreasvolz.wordpress.com/ > > And here a link to this special article: > http://andreasvolz.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/e17-window-manipulation-and-configuration-nightmare/ > > I don't like to flame anyone with my ideas. I hope you see it as useful > help. Currently I'm to busy in my job to participate more in E17 > development. But perhaps I'm able to help with some usability articles. > > regards > Andreas > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
