I'm not a programmer, just a user who helps out with docs for Mac4Lin, but I wanted to add my $.02. I'm glad to see that the GNOME folks love Do so much, but purely from a user point of view I have to say I'd be disappointed if GNOME pulled Do under their umbrella. The fact that Do is a 100% independent (?) project is one of the things I love about Do. As a former Windows user who has also tried KDE I'd be concerned that the ease of configuration in Do would be limited, especially after having to jump through so many hoops to configure other parts of GNOME (screensaver jumps to mind).
Seeing how much trouble merging Do into GNOME would cause from a tech angle is just one more reason I hope Do will stay independent. Some users hate docks, and some prefer other docks) so I feel it would be best if users can opt-in to use Do rather than having to specifically opt-out of using it. Otherwise GNOME would remind me a little too much of Firefox devs who seem to want to practically throw the kitchen sink into the default browser to make some vocal (and possibly new-ish) users happy rather than to let users know about the wide range of addons already available. The result of their "all in" philosophy is that some long time users now feel Firefox has gotten bloated to the point of pushing some of us to look at other browser alternatives. As David said, while GNOME would benefit from including Do, Do doesn't need GNOME inclusion. Hopefully GNOME devs will voluntarily submit code to make Do even better, which would be a win-win situation all around. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
