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A User's First Look at GNOME 2.0

Posted by timothy on from the will-rankle-or-delight dept.

Gentu writes: "OSNews has just published a review of the Gnome 2.0 desktop environment and its verdict is not so positive. The author feels that the new version is limited in many ways and with a UI not well designed."

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  1. Re:Talk about laugh by nagora · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Note: comparing the startup speed of software with completely different sets of functionality makes no sense.

    It does when the extra "functionality" of one (Gnome) is of no value whatsoever; WindowMaker is a far better working environment than Gnome/KDE/Windows will ever be.

    TWW

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  2. Re:Some valid things, and a lot of not-so valid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And as we all know, installing and using a GUI requires reading manuals. Just look at Windows XP and MacOS X. On second thoughts, pretend they don't exist. Grab yourself a big bucket of sand, stick your head in it, and pretend that GNOME really is a success.

    Just another example of the arrogance of "free" software proponents. If someone finds their work less than perfect it's their own fault for not reading all of

    release notes
    Various READMES
    Ignored known gotchas

    And knowledge about the "various" part about the READMEs and the gotchas would be gained by reading newsgroups, discussion groups, slashdot, attending user group meetings? Yep, I can see why that would be required to run a GUI. Yep, Linux sure is ready for the office! And it will solve unemployment problems too - when all the office workers are spending more than half their time learning about why GNOME isn't really as bad as they first thought, a whole second shift will need to be hired!

  3. Re:Some valid things, and a lot of not-so valid by Glytch · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah! Goddamn those people who compile from source themselves. Those idiots don't appreciate the power of open source. They should just apt-get the binaries!

    Sigh.

    You're a real fucking retard. Or a Debian and/or Mandrake user. Same thing, really.

  4. Re:I hope people does not totally trust this revie by Lost+Nookie+Parlance · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    There are ACTUAL GUI-experts and usability exports working on GNOME.

    Yeah, the same "ACTUAL GUI-experts" who created the Metal look and feel for Java's Swing and then wrote an article about Metal's "UI design." They don't understand the difference between graphic design and interaction design.

    Sun (the primary mover on the gnome-HCI stuff) doesn't get UI design, dude. They're Unix geeks. Always will be. The KDE people have a much better grasp of HCI issues; too bad they're hamstrung by X Windows.