Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-ux (89 mails)

[Martin Schlander <suse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Den Wednesday 02 May 2007 17:58:16 skrev Juergen Weigert:
> Our graphical user interfaces GNOME and KDE have been growing in
> functionality for quite a while.

I believe GNOME removes at least as much functionality as they add.

> The good old desktop metaphor no longer really works. I never had a desk
> with so many knobs and switches. Operating a Desktop more and more
> resembles an airplane cockpit. With airplanes, complexity is okay, because
> pilots are well trained experts for their user environment. Computer users
> are not.

This is one of the strengths of GNU/Linux - we offer different desktops, 
unlike our biggest competitors. So if you want a powerful desktop/cockpit you 
can choose KDE, if you don't there are other options. No need for dumbing KDE 
down.

However steps are taken for KDE4 to make it a little more grandmother-friendly 
it seems.
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