On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 02:12, Owen Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 01:33 +0200, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 22:43, Owen Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > * You aren't a representative user. (How do I know > > this? Because you are reading a mailing list on gnome.org; > > which > > puts your interest in technology and motivation well beyond > > most > > users.) > > > > could you expand a little on the logic of this assumption? > > For close to 10 years, the philosophy of GNOME has been to design for > the general case - to build a desktop not for us, but for our customers, > friends, and family. > > Now, no user is completely typical - an general office user doesn't use > the computer the same way as a graphics artist, who doesn't use a > computer the same way as a teenager chatting with their friends. > > But we can make some generalizations that cover 90% or so of users, > among them: > > - Mailing lists aren't normal forms of communications; they require > a lot of sophistication to set up, and a lot of sophistication > to use in a useful fashion. IM, web forums, Facebook, and personal > email are more common communication forms. > > (That isn't to say that the normal user isn't on a mailing list > or two, that goes to their inbox, unfiltered. But they aren't > on 20 or 30 mailing lists, as most of us are, at a minimum.) > > - Users don't distinguish the parts of the user interface, or the > parts of the operating system. They may know the names of their > applications, but the text at the top of the screen is just > something that's there in "Linux" > > Since you aren't conforming to those rules, you probably are atypical in > other ways, perhaps: > > - You use the terminal a lot > - You customize your environment heavily > - You have multiple web browser extensions installed > - You understand of the difference between windows, applications, and > processes. > - Etc. > > This doesn't disqualify you has a GNOME Shell user. As I said, we are > designing for the general case, and the power user / enthusiast is part > of the general case. But as power users, we have to remember that what > works for us doesn't work for everybody, and a change that makes things > worse for us occasionally makes things better for someone else. > thank you for your response, i understand the intentions even clearer now. is it either black or white here?
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