On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 10:13 +0100, Andreas Wallberg wrote: > As a user with good intents, it is quite off-putting to get the canned > response that the version used to file feedback and thoughts on > usability is outdated compared to what the devs are seeing on their > own desktops. It just does not fit how many of us think about > community development.
Then perhaps how you think about development is wrong. > It is unfortunately quite difficult to build > the Shell on the distributions that I have tried so far, and I suspect > this is true for others as well. I believe openSUSE provides quite current GNOME3 packages from their GNOME:Factory repository. It was quite currently last time I tried it. > The KDE guys experienced a major backlash with the UI paradigm changes > with KDE 4.0 and we do not want history to repeat itself with Gnome 3. I don't believe the above is true; don't mistake a small very vocal group for a "major backlash". Always remember that those with a negative opinion have more motivation to speak-up than those who agree or are happy with a project direction. Measuring anything by forum / list "vibe" is a *totally* flawed approach to understanding overall sentiment. > If the users do not seem to "get" a particular design choice, please > take a few moments to explain them. As a user I feel that GNOME 3 has been well explained many, many, many... times. Perhaps those who don't understand could spend a few seconds going out to find and *read* the explanation. Or there are even audio / video talks from GUADEC about it; and at least one audio interview from GUADEC. So you can *read*, *hear*, and *see* the explanations of GNOME 3. Anyone who claims it isn't being explained is a *troll*, full-stop. > Personally, I really like the Shell +1 -- Adam Tauno Williams <awill...@whitemice.org> _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
