On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:23:07AM -0600, Levi Pearson wrote: > I don't really understand all the hate for GNOME 3 and Unity.
I agree with you that it's nice to experiment with different approaches to the desktop. But in the process, GNOME removed almost all configurability and argued that there is no possible rationale for wanting to change anything. For example, you mentioned the "ability to have one monitor out of a pair have a fixed workspace." For a while, this was the _only_ way GNOME would handle multiple monitors, so "ability" wasn't quite the right word. Configurability has gotten a little bit better with extensions, but there's still a lot missing, and the anti-user attitude is still strong. Just look at the comments directed towards users on the bugzilla about not being able to power off. There really are some things I like about GNOME, but I can't use it until they start listening to users and fix design flaws that remove functionality. For example, the authentication dialog is designed to only work on single-user systems. The bug report for this has been open for a year or two, and I can't even consider using GNOME 3 until it's fixed. The developers don't want to fix the bug because the dialog wouldn't look as pretty. Other examples include not being able to open more than one terminal window, not being able to have a fixed number of workspaces, etc. (some of which might be addressed by extensions). I think GNOME 3 has some interesting ideas, and I used it for several months (on a single-user system). I could see myself using GNOME 3 in a couple of years (after a few releases), but current priorities like GNOME OS make me think I'll always be a "bad user" that GNOME would rather just be rid of. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
