On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 15:22 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2011-12-23 15:16, Kim Leyendecker wrote:
But that´s the way FOSS-projects are going. Maybe the will find out that the majority of users detests GNOME shell and then change it, but as long as the majority seems to be happy with it, there won´t happen anything. For me, this top down, dictatorial design only serves the purpose of saying "look what good programmers we are", not to serve the users. That's my feeling.
FALSE. There is no "dictatorial design". There just isn't. Your claim is FALSE. There was *LOTS* of discussion, and commentary, and BLOG posts. There is a mailing list, an IRC channel, etc... There is no "dictatorial design". It *WAS* discussed and debated and discussed some more. Proof-of-concepts where floated and shot-down, and changed, and redone. *THEN* code was written. That cannot happen until a choice is made [and many Open Source projects die in the design stage due to the inability to make choices]. And once the choice is made - it is enshrined in the code. That *YOU* were not a participant or observer of those discussions does *NOT* a "dictatorial design" make. The discussions were open and public and many people participated. That I did not vote for Jimmy Carter for US president in 1977 [when I was 5 years old] does not make him a dictator.
Let´s wait what the GNOME 2 / 3 forks look like, maybe some frustrated users will find a new desktop ;-) I hope. And I hope to see them here.
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