On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <awill...@whitemice.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 17:10 +0300, Sami Pietilä wrote: >> > How? Certainly not a poll, there is no way to contact "GNOME users" >> > The vast majority of GNOME users I'd suspect never get go to the web page. >> I am confident that it is possible to find an acceptable method of >> gathering user input. For example, it seems that any web site becomes >> surprisingly popular (for a while) after being slashdotted, > > slashdot certainly does not yield a general demographic; and you have > no way to separate actual users from trolling natterers. > >> user interface being a very interesting topic. Additionally, I >> wouldn't be surprised if a large number of gnome users can be caught >> by visiting gnome-shell extension site. > > Extensions get reviews and ratings; that might tell you something. > >> > Every version gets better. >> Important question is that are design goals aligned with what most >> users want. If this is true, then your statement should be generally >> true. The concern is the heavy critique that the gnome-shell is >> receiving. > > The entire problem with this premise is the concept of "user" and their > "wants". Most user's do not have "wants", other than 'for it to work > well' which is not specific. After 25+ years in I.T. as developer, > consultant, administrator, technical writer... I can assure you that > asking an end-user to articulate their desires is a pointless blind > alley. >
Lol this reminds me of a quote from my boss (in IT as well). "It's not about what the users want, it's about what the users need!" > There are usability studies, accessibility studies, and there have been > long discussions about these, and long feedback periods. I'd suggest > you participate in those if this topic interests you. This list isn't > really the appropriate forum to reach into those topics. > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > -- Diego Fernandez - 爱国 _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
