They're reimplementing iOS for desktop computers.
Never mind that there is a huge fucking difference between how you use a computer with an 11" touch interface and a dual-24"-monitor interface. Never mind that GNOME doesn't run on tablets or touch interfaces because they all use specialized OSes and not Fedora/Ubuntu/etc. Never mind that real people run more than one app at a time and need to actually see and use both of them at the same time. Never mind that "removing window management so you don't get distracted" and "built-in instant messenger" are the two stupidest fucking design things to put into the same shell.
No, what happened was that the GNOME guys realized that gnome-panel is over-configurable and an inconsistent mess with a crappy UI for adding hap-hazard floating applets... and then decided that instead of just making a few relatively simple tweaks to the panel design that it would be better to use HTML and JavaScript to rewrite the desktop to act like a mobile phone OS.
Never mind that there is a huge fucking difference between how you use a computer with an 11" touch interface and a dual-24"-monitor interface. Never mind that GNOME doesn't run on tablets or touch interfaces because they all use specialized OSes and not Fedora/Ubuntu/etc. Never mind that real people run more than one app at a time and need to actually see and use both of them at the same time. Never mind that "removing window management so you don't get distracted" and "built-in instant messenger" are the two stupidest fucking design things to put into the same shell.
No, what happened was that the GNOME guys realized that gnome-panel is over-configurable and an inconsistent mess with a crappy UI for adding hap-hazard floating applets... and then decided that instead of just making a few relatively simple tweaks to the panel design that it would be better to use HTML and JavaScript to rewrite the desktop to act like a mobile phone OS.
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