On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 15:28:13 -0500 Fred Smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
there seems to be a widespread desire to make UIs so minimal that no one can figure out how to use them. Not to single out anyone, but the Gnome-3 people seem to be on that bandwagon too. No offense meant to any particular person(s), its just that I don't see the value in oversimplification.
I think it is because of mobiles. The developers try to fit things on the small real estate, and so make things deeper. It's the problem with having the same interface for desktops, laptops, and mobiles. They are trying to build a single interface that can be used on all platforms versus having an interface optimized for each platform, for people who switch between platforms often. I presume they think the learning curve for multiple platform interfaces is more costly than the diminished user interface on larger screens.