Gnome 3 is a usability disaster. It added some useful things, yes,
but it also REMOVED some useful things - what a hell!?
Since when is that a valid development practice?
Do we hate our users or what?
While Gnome 3 is a complete rewrite of the usability playbook, I
feel it is not a disaster. It offers a fresh start. Gnome 3 will
allow people to customize it the way they want. Don't believe
me? Google for Gnome 3 extensions[1]. They basically allow you
to customize any part of your desktop even against C libraries
(as long as they have a typelib) using only java script. Once I
saw how Gnome 3 was designed I came to like it. Gnome 2 was
leading to a road to no where. Sure, Gnome 3 doesn't have
*everything* Gnome 2 had in terms of features, but in a matter
of months I feel those missing features will be created in
extensions.
P.S. You're not going to receive much sympathy from anyone on
the desktop list or Gnome community by phrasing your comments
like this.
P.P.S. The desktop or test list would love to continue this
discussion.