GNOME3 and au revoir WAS: systemd: please stop trying to take over the world :)

[Bernd Stramm]

On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:41:21 -0600
Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:34, Bernd Stramm <bernd.stramm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:16:46 -0600
> > Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:02, Casey Dahlin <cdahlin at redhat.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 01:05:08PM -0400, Bernd Stramm wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I think it fails on #1:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Makes it easy for users to focus on their current task and
> >> >> > reduces distraction and interruption
> >> >>
> >> >> First, this point assumes that there is *one* current task. That
> >> >> is not how I work. I have one main task, and I keep an eye on
> >> >> some other things, like whose is in some chats, what comes up in
> >> >> twitter flows, etc.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > One could rephrase your complaint as "I don't want to focus on my
> >> > current task." So GNOME shell just isn't for you.
> >>
> >> Cold. Can we just call this conversation closed before it gets any
> >> colder?
> >>
> >> Gnome Shell is not for various people for various reasons. For
> >> those people there are other desktop environments. The End.
> >
> > So I make a point. Someone follows that up in a style that is not
> > preferred by many people.
> >
> > The consequence is that my point should not be adressed ? We all
> > have to be quiet about it?
> >
> > My main point is that the full-screen menu causes a serious
> > interruption of work flow, and that this in contradiction with the
> > first point of GnomeShell's list of goals.
> 
> No and if you let your temper calm down for a bit you will see it
> also. The point is GNOME has moved in a different direction than what
> you and I wanted. We can argue til our faces are blue that they should
> not have done so, but it is not going to affect anything because we
> aren't the people doing the coding.
> 
> Or we can move on to a desktop that meets our workflows and let GNOME
> either adapt back to our flows on their own time or find new audiences
> who meet GNOME's vision.
> 
> 

And you can't read the last sentence I wrote? The one about my main
point?

This is not about my temper. Let's not distract from the issues.

-- 
Bernd Stramm
bernd.stramm at gmail.com