On 09/24/2011 07:26 AM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 09/24/2011 07:46 AM, Craig White wrote: > >> Whether people are programmers or not is decidedly not the point here. >> The GNOME developers have made a decision to revamp the UI to account >> for the fact that computers are extending beyond the model borne out of >> Xerox PARC... a keyboard, screen and mouse. They are attempting to >> satisfy display scenarios that might be as small as a telephone to very >> large and often multiple large displays. They are attempting to satisfy >> the fact that keyboards and mice might be eschewed in favor of touch >> input and gestures. They are attempting to satisfy the notion that usage >> embraces work flow and workspace(s) and not just application launching. > Its one thing to add tablet/phone ("metro") mode - its another to make > laptops (or desktops) much more difficult to use. > >> You can't go to the Ford dealer and buy a brand new 1957 Thunderbird but >> essentially that is what is being asked of here... an eternal version of >> GNOME that was envisioned and started 10 years ago. > Problem with argument by analogy is that it often makes little sense. > > Every car you buy still has wheels just as the very first ones did > (support for keyboard) .. and they all have a steering wheel (a mouse) > ... and they all have an engine and a speedometer ... what has happened > to cars is largely additions and automation to make things easier > (headlamps that track steering - they wisely did not remove headlamps) - > switch to LED lights (not remove lights) ... add auto-back-off cruise > control for collision avoidance (not force mouse to move to top left) > ... etc ec >> I can appreciate that long time computer users who only use a keyboard, >> mouse and screen and little adaptability to how they interact with >> grander concepts of work flow and workspace might want to drive the 1957 >> Thunderbird forever and if there is a sufficient number of modestly >> skilled users, they can keep repairing the Thunderbird forever. I wish >> them luck. > Its not the users - its the vehicle - when I'm using a phone/tablet > i'll use the tablet version... when I'm using my multi core server I > have no touch sensitive screen ... when I'm flying a plane I'll use > different controls than driving a car (or a boat). Don't force me to use > boat controls for my plane if you don't mind :-) > > I would take your point really to mean we should offer a phone/tablet > spin as well as a lap/desk top spin. The default spin ... I have no view > ... however only having a phone spin for fedora is silly. > > Of course we have the other DE's which are better suited - so my > suggestion is move Gnome-3 to a tablet spin and make KDE or LXDE or > XFCE the desktop spin and be done with this silly bickering. > > Vote for which is the default spin or base it on percent of > tablets/phones running fedora if you prefer. > > Gnome 3 is not -the- future - its just todays tablet spin .. >> Then again, even the most casual reading of the intent of Fedora makes >> it clear that it embraces the latest technology advances and those who >> just want things to remain as they are should probably not be using >> Fedora but something like RHEL or CentOS which provide long term >> non-change by intent. > One must use the right tool for the job - the "latest" here is the > phone spin - doesn't mean we should switch that for all devices ... lets > not pretend you're gonna hold your laptop up to your face and make a > call ... are you? :-) > > gene +1 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines