-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2011-12-23 02:03, Jim Henderson wrote:
I find it to be stable, friendly, and highly usable. I can focus on running the applications (which, let's face it, is why people use a computer - not because they can futz with the desktop).
I don't find it friendly. I have been with computers for at least 30 years, and I have seen a lot. I find that I have to learn again, and I don't find it intuitive. I do it simply because /they/ have choosen a new way for us, so I have to follow it or migrate. Thus I'll try to get used to G3, like it or not. I don't find that having to click on the top left, then another click to choose "applications" then to the top right to click on a category (on a touchpad, which means lifting my finger at least twice because once does not traverse the entire screen), and then reading a big list with small letters, left to right and top to bottom, to be ergonomic (and page-up/dn do not work). I do not find that easier than simply browsing a menu, an action to which I have been accustomed for uncountable years, on several operating systems, and which my fingers do fast with that lot of practice. Menus that are browsable with the keyboard as well. A time proved design! And yes, I also focus on running apps, not on the desktop. Or I did. I'm used to have a command line applet on which I type the name of the apps, or choose a previous entry. I can not add that applet, I don't know how to add applets to the panel. I also like an applet with the hour and the temperature, of several cities. Now I can't. I have two apps running now, one a terminal and another yelp. The terminal is not listed in the bar. That is also confusing. I have only two workspaces, and I have not seen yet how to add more (I work with 12 in this machine running G2). No, G3 distracts me from what I have to do and forces me to learn new Gnome desktop tricks I took for granted since 1997. It is a not welcomed extra work. So, no, I will not say "stupid" in public, even if I think it is. I know that voicing my opinion is pointless, because it has already been decided that this is the way to go. A decision on which users have no voice. So no, I will not say to those that rant in public that they should not. Because it is pointless. Even if I agree with some of the points, and disagree on the tone. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7z3PUACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UolACgmGuSVyjNS50pvY4MQnLzLZxL l1IAn0250TfhzU04L44eavevFqwEDlHf =Grg3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org