On 06/20/2011 11:00 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote:
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:57:24PM -0600, Stuart McGraw wrote:
On 06/20/2011 09:44 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
There is a paradigm shift going from Gnome2 to Gnome3 which I have not seen discussed on this list.
I too noted the mouse deprecation in Gnome 3. Besides alienating a large group of users who simply prefer using the mouse over the keyboard when there is a choice, ....
Do you people actually work with Gnome 3.
I tried, but I turned away ...
This Gnome 3 isn't a replacement for Gnome 2, it is an entirely different product with a completely different target audience.
To me it's like my favorite take-away pizza store having stopped shipping pizza and now selling burgers instead.
That said, I am sure Gnome 3 will find its target audience, but it will not be the Gnome 2 users - I for one have started to evaluate other desktops and other distros.
The Gnome developers missed a great opportunity to make keyboard work easier by not implementing the use of the 'arrow keys' to navigate the icons in the Dash and the icons in the applications overview for example (like Ubuntu did with Unity which actually offers keyboard users more versatility).
Agreed, though Unity seemingly shares much of the mindset with Gnome 3 it comes with nice solutions to details (some of the superior to Gnome 3).
Experience it honestly for yourself.
;)
It's what I am trying to do ... so far "no go" for Fedora 15 and Gnome 3 for me ;)
Ralf