Why are we discussing about this issue? There's no doubt that the original author was a trolling. We all know that the new OS2008 looks better than previous releases thanks to the alpha and composite details. Please, what is the basis of the complain? Saying that something is "ugly" is subjetive and doesn't help to make things better. A link to a screenshot of what you think is ugly is a good start to explain yourself. On Dec 27, 2007 2:51 PM, Piotr Zagorowski <piotr.zagorowski at gmail.com> wrote: > "I would have been nice if..." > > I wish you in New Year to be less ego-centric, scream less, instead do more, > and find something that may make you happy. > Mate, OS2008 is linux based, if you don't like something - do it yourself or > if your knowledge is limited, *ask* nicely and I'm pretty sure someone will > make it for you sooner or later. > > all the best > Pit > > > > On Dec 27, 2007 4:58 PM, James Knott <james.knott at rogers.com> wrote: > > > > inode0 wrote: > > > On Dec 27, 2007 10:21 AM, <Karoliina.T.Salminen at nokia.com> wrote: > > > > > >> One of the major changes in the desktop has been incorporating > composite > > >> effects into it, thus to make it more appealing to the eye. And in my > opinion, it looks > > >> much better than the previous version, but that is just my personal > opinion. At least > > >> our team (see hildon-desktop ChangeLog for more details from > stage.maemo.org > > >> svn) did a lots of work to enable eye-candy composite effects that were > thought to > > >> be technologically not possible on the platform before. > > >> > > > > > > Karoliina, > > > > > > When I first flashed the new desktop on my N800 I was really taken by > > > surprise. I wasn't prepared for such a dramatic change but it only > > > took a very short time using it for me to quickly grow to like it very > > > much. > > > > > > There are plenty of people out here who appreciate the effort that > > > went into producing this desktop and appreciate the bold change even > > > if it took them by surprise initially. The improvements in the desktop > > > appearance from the original N770 release to the current OS2008 > > > release are quite impressive. > > > > > > > > > > I don't have a problem with people wanting it. I have a problem with it > > being forced on people who don't want it. > > I would have been nice if a bit of effort had been put into allowing the > > scroll bar to be moved to the left side, so that left handed people > > don't have to scroll blind. There's a world of difference between eye > > candy and functional improvement. > > > > Incidentally, a couple of years ago while working in computer support, I > > had to ask a user to change her desktop colours, to something less > > irritating (she had pale green and lilac or similar), so that I could > > work on her computer. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users at maemo.org > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > > -- > Piotr > ------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >
