On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 02:51, <1920119@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You say 'beginner friendly', but the reality is that the vast majority > of new users will be migrating from Windows, be relatively confident > with computers, and will probably just want to get on with doing > things without having to adapt to a completely different and IMO less > efficient environment. WIth Gnome Panel there were differences, but > the underlying rational, minimistically simple ethos was the same. You may be right, that "the vast majority" of new users come from Windows, I simply don't know. In any case I personally don't think that the step from the limited Windows workspace to the limited Gnome3 workspace is a step backwards, even if requires a bit of re-learning. > My main gripe with Gnome/Unity, however, is the attitude that things > need to be made SO 'beginner friendly'. Actually it's disempowering to > beginners because they will learn to rely on an interface that is > geared towards a lack of understanding at the expense of logic, in an > attempt to obscure fundamental and unavoidable complexities. I simply don't know how the Gnome developers think regarding this. I'm not a (proper) Gnome developer, or a UI expert so I don't think my opinion here is worth that much. What I have come to realise though, is that with Gnome3 I'm probably not part of the target audience any more. Still, I've decided to stick with it for a while longer, to see what happens. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
