[LAU] [OT] GNOME UI

[Simon Wise]

On 12/07/12 17:32, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Simon Wise wrote:
>
>> On 12/07/12 03:30, david wrote:
>>
>>> I'm firmly convinced that the GNOME design team begins every session with
>>> the
>>> question, "What more functionality can we remove from users today?"
>>> Eventually,
>>> the GNOME UI will consist of a single button in the middle of the screen
>>> reading, "Shutdown computer". ;-)
>
> "Perfection is achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to
> add, but when there is nothing left to take away” – Antoine de
> Saint-Exupery
>
> I wish more people had that in mind :)
>
>> Perhaps its a matter of what users and platforms they are catering for ... a
>> UI that works well on the smaller, hand held devices with touch interfaces
>> rather than a mouse and keyboard is very important if that is what you are
>> using, and lots of devices are like that now. It is becoming the most
>> familiar interface.
>
> OTOH, reportedly G3 works just fine for desktop users with no
> preconceived ideas :)

Which is a much more direct way of saying what I blathered on about in the next 
paragraphs.

It is worth giving the new interfaces a serious try, not just spend a day or so 
feeling uncomfortable because the familiar things have changed and you haven't 
learnt the new ways to do things.



Simon