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 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
