The Linus view of GNOME 3.2

[JB]

Alan Cox <alan <at> lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> 
> > The ignoranti may want a UI with no learning curve, but they're not 
> > going to get it.  Even the nipple takes time for an infant to learn how 
> > to use.
> 
> That's somewhat arrogant and misleading. You assume that people want
> exact control of everything they use, whereas most people want detailed
> domain knowledge and control of a few things and would prefer the rest
> just worked simply without configuration.

Sounds like the award-winning GNOME 2 DE :-)
But the ueber-driven KDE fans called it "dumbed down" ...

> ...
> Then there is discoverability, making a user interface something you can
> gradually learn and find the extra features in - like hotkeys and
> shortcuts. That's one case where Gnome 3.2 panel in fallback fails
> horribly - alt right-click ???? how will anyone logically deduce this and
> try it ?

Yep, that's the most sensible critique so far in this thread (after mine) -
it almost matches "The Linus view of GNOME 3.2" ...

> ...

JB