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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> David Kramer wrote:
> > Having a configuration setting in an advanced tab somewhere to turn on
> > showing the names/icons/both in app links does NOT make anything harder
> > for the beginners, and enables the power user.
>
> OK. I'm not opposed to the ability to configure things. As an end-user,
> it's usually to my benefit, providing the defaults are well chosen.
>
> So for argument sake, lets assume that this, "I think that that the
> GNOME developers simply don't care about users," is not true.
>
> Then why would they take this approach?
>

I think the GNOME developers are following a pattern that has been pioneered
by others who have gone through a similar architectural reboot. Features get
dropped in the name of "simplifying the UI", but the real story is that
there wasn't enough time to reimplement or test them under the revamped
architecture. The best ones show up again in a subsequent release sometime
down the road. Can you blame them? After all, "We simplified the UI!" is a
much better battle cry than "We took out features because we didn't have
time to rewrite them, but hey, look at our APIs!" when you're trying to get
end-users to use your software.





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