On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 08:47 +0300, Pasha R wrote: > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM, John Stowers > <john.stowers.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 09:15 +0300, Pasha R wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Giovanni Campagna > >> <scampa.giova...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Il giorno gio, 01/09/2011 alle 21.42 +0300, Pasha R ha scritto: > >> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Adam Tauno Williams > >> >> <awill...@whitemice.org> wrote: > >> >> > On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 18:16 +0300, Pasha R wrote: > >> >> >> My problem is that shell is simply inconvenient to use and insulting > >> >> >> attitude of developers > >> >> > > >> >> > I don't feel insulted at all. > >> >> Good for you. I find an attitude commonly expressed on this and some > >> >> other lists "we know better what you should want" insulting. > >> > > >> > >> First of all, thank you for an answer. > >> > >> > > >> > I concede that our solutions are not meant for everybody, as there may > >> > be people with different conflicting requirements, but we're still > >> > convinced they apply for the vast majority of our target user base. On > >> > >> This is my first problem: what is your target user base? I don't think > >> it is "advanced" users, since they usually want to customize their > >> systems much more than allowed by current design. It is also probably > >> not "novice" users - for example I don't see my mother typing > >> application name anytime soon, and she will definitely feel lost in > >> all these icons thrown into overview. > > > > The problem is arguments like these are so anecdotal they become > > uninteresting. For example, my partner has no difficulty with G3, typing > > 'music' launches rhythmbox (i.e. no need to know the program name) and > > This argument is even less interesting. I'm glad your partner has no > problem with G3. I know enough people that do.
I know N+1 that dont! (see my point?). I'm not entirely dismissing your criticism, I just think it would be more useful if more detailed or more structured (for example broken into chunks on bz, etc). Note, in the interests of fairness I am also a little disappointed that the shell was not accompanied by more detailed and recorded user testing. > > > this icon based launcher is familiar to smartphone users. > Then G3 is probably good for smartphones. But I tried to run it on a > PC and it's a mess. Especially, if you use it with language other than > English. The english thing sounds like a bug. John _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list