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Thanksgiving Comes Early To Gnome Project

Posted by timothy on from the constant-improvement-occasional-praise dept.

Ryan McDougall writes "Have you ever downloaded a new app, got that tingly feeling, and wanted to express your thanks to the developer that made it happen? Have you flamed a developer over some small issue, but would never consider using another app -- and you want them to know that? Is Gnome your favorite DE, and want to express your appreciation? There is a touching 'thanks-fest' going on at http://gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1099&mode= &order=0&thold=1 . If you answered yes above, please stop by and leave your regards."

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  1. not for GNOME 2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I'll gladly thank them for GNOME 2 when it has the functionality of GNOME 1.4. In it's current state, I find it completely unusable for my purposes and the development team has taken a page from MS - if you don't fit their style of usability, either conform and give up your power user status to act like a luser wannabe or don't use it. I, for one, miss what GNOME used to be before the egos of the developers became over-inflated. Just because a "usability expert" says my way is wrong for n00bs doesn't mean you should completely rip the functionality out.

    I'll keep using GNOME 1.4/Enlightenment until someone replaces the functionality both provide.

    1. Re:not for GNOME 2 by mufasio · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I consider myself somewhat of a power user and while I too miss some of the functionality that is missing from GNOME 1.4 I find GNOME 2 vastly superior to 1.4 not just in eyecandy but b/c it just works and I'm not as tempted to tweak every little setting and instead I tend to get more actual work done as a result. Prior to GNOME 2 I only used 1.4 on brief occasions, I mostly used just a window manager like fluxbox and pekwm(http://pekwm.org - great lesser known wm btw), but I find myself using GNOME 2 all the time now or a combination of pekwm and a GNOME panel or two. Kudos to the GNOME guys for making a great DE that is both visually pleasing and just works!!