[Desktop_architects] Re: Printing dialog and GNOME

2005-12-13 Thread Tuomo Valkonen
On 2005-12-14, Havoc Pennington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I don't like a neighborhood, the logical thing is that I don't decide > to live there. Some people would probably start flaming the existing > residents until they changed the neighborhood, but it's weird to do > that, at least where I

Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME

2005-12-13 Thread Havoc Pennington
Hi, Yay, discussion is looking more useful ;-) Here's an applicable article to much of what you're saying: http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/5/experimental-culture That article tries to imagine a path that's neither "a fun project by and for developers, but sucky for everyone else" nor "a ki

Re: [Desktop_architects] draft documents out of the communmity cooperation sessions

2005-12-13 Thread Martin Konold
Am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2005 00:08 schrieb Daniel Stone: Hi Daniel, > with our current mailers. My feedback cycle involved saving it to a > hidden directory and making sure it was 644, and then opening the PDFs > over the web, which I claim is suboptimal (and so is my current mail > situation,

[Desktop_architects] Re: Linux desktop, the fun thread

2005-12-13 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Nat Friedman wrote: > > I'll happily wear the "feature slut" t-shirts with pride now. And > Linus, once my mouse button stops jerking when I copy big files, I'll > add a GUI for you. ;-) Ok, I can tell you why I think it jerks around, you can make suggestions.. S

[Desktop_architects] Re: Printing dialog and GNOME

2005-12-13 Thread Tuomo Valkonen
On 2005-12-14, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Having strict UI rules ("The HID says so-and-so") that are really a >> religion that you're not allowed to question. The whole notion that things >> are supposed to be done just one way is antithetical to what makes open >> source succes