On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:05:19 -0500 jonc wrote: > Since FOSS developers usually lack a way to find out what users really > do so they can write software to make that easier, they might as well > ignore anecdotal feedback, other than bug reports, and go with their own > assumptions about how and why they and their friends use software. But if you read some of the articles where the justifications for things like Gnome 3 have been presented, the developers are constantly talking about how they are doing it all for "typical users". The problem is that these typical users are all totally imaginary and exist inside the designer's heads. If they developed stuff they actually wanted to use themselves, there would at least be a few real users instead of a crowd of imaginary typical users. But of course the real mystery is why in the blue blazes all the linux distros seem to fall all over themselves to foist this junk on real users. Certainly developers don't have to pay attention to anyone, but distros don't have to include stuff merely because it is new either. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
