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Originally posted by finalzone View PostUsefulness depends of users themselves wishing to add functionality through extensions.
Or they could just dump it and switch to a GUI that's actually useful out of the box, as so many previous Gnome 2 users have done.
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Originally posted by movieman View PostBecause the average user is definitely going to sit down and learn to write extensions just to add functionality that the developers refuse to countenance, and then maintain it as future updates break them.
Many developers have priority to work on core functionality and will including extras one coming from the extensions as demonstrated by the incoming Gnome Classic. The key point is look at the reason of the refusal and find a better way to communicate in a respectful manner.
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Originally posted by finalzone View PostThe word "average user" is overly abused as a cloak for the lack of active participation from those spending their time flaming and whining how their holy functionalities are missing.
Many developers have priority to work on core functionality and will including extras one coming from the extensions as demonstrated by the incoming Gnome Classic. The key point is look at the reason of the refusal and find a better way to communicate in a respectful manner.
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Originally posted by thalaric View PostFor the love of all that is holy will you people please stop using keybindings to attack a strawman? Gnome Shell's ability to be controlled by the keyboard is excellent, no one ever disputed that.
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Originally posted by Pawlerson View PostTo answer your stupidity: polls are actually correct, because percentage clearly shows gnome lost compared to other environments. To answer your stupidity more: most KDE, XFCE and Cinnamon users are unaware of pletora of different forums that exist. Now, you've got to show me polls where gnome is more popular. Check gnome numbers in Arch and Mint and tell me what don't you understand?
I don't have to show you anything to prove my point. My point is that polls can show anything depending on what and how you ask.
If I asked which DE was used at my department GNOME would probably exceed 90%, with Unity coming up second.
I am not saying that this is because GNOME is in anyway better, but because that is how things just happen to look.
I don't think those poll numbers would say anything about the popularity of any DE, do you?
They don't listen to users and this is also a fact that you even confirmed. So, they're some kind of sect with some strange vision? Ignoring smart critique just to follow some idiotic vision is well... idiotic.
You don't like the GNOME vision, and that is unfortunate. Luckily you can just choose to use something else that is in line with your own ideas. That would also save you a few hours of forum-battles
Like what?
Nope and they keep removing features - Nautilus. Current version is just a joke.
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Originally posted by finalzone View PostThe word "average user" is overly abused as a cloak for the lack of active participation from those spending their time flaming and whining how their holy functionalities are missing.
Many developers have priority to work on core functionality and will including extras one coming from the extensions as demonstrated by the incoming Gnome Classic. The key point is look at the reason of the refusal and find a better way to communicate in a respectful manner.
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Originally posted by yogi_berra View PostHobbyist mentality aside, if it doesn't contain the functionality that you need out of the box and requires end-user hacking, then it is not worth using.
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Originally posted by Vim_User View PostAnd there it is again. I tried Gnome Shell, just to see what all the fuss is about. And I don't like it. Full stop.
And that now indicates that I have lost the ability to learn something new? Where did you get from? In the last three years I learned many DEs and WMs until I came to the point where I have found the one that fits my needs best. It is i3, not Gnome Shell. Because I can make it behave exactly like I want without any restrictions or the need for externally developed extensions. Because it supports my workflow instead of forcing me to a different one.
Now, please tell me: How is that even possible, how have I learned to configure and use i3 most efficiently when I have lost the ability to learn new things because I don't like Gnome Shell? How got I used to the shortcomings of old things when I have searched a long time to find something that has no shortcomings for me?
Clearly, I don't like GS, I must be dumb and unable to learn, not able to use the new shiny thing that has exactly zero advantages for me.
Someone likes DE AAA. Someone likes DE BBB. That's all OK. I've tried KDE4 many times but failed in switching to it in the Gnome2 era.
What I can't understand is: "Do not change ANYTHING because I've used to it."
Yes! GS has many problems and made many stupid errors (and I've to tweak it after each upgrade). But it's much better than "stop moving! I'm here."
And most of my problems can be solved by its powerful extensions (I don't know your cases so I can't make suggestions, sorry)
IMO, the best part of GS is its extension. I can overpass all GS's shortages just because of it.
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Originally posted by Delgarde View PostHow is it a strawman? I keep being told that Shell is a tablet-style OS, designed with touch screens in mind. And yet you acknowledge it has excellent keyboard support, and it's the mouse/touch interaction that's receiving the criticism. And *that* doesn't sound much like a tablet UI to me...
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