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Gnome's Nice Little GUI Perks

Posted by timothy on from the thinking-of-users dept.

asdren writes " Steven Garrity has written a short article highlighting some 'user interface niceties' found in Gnome with regards to file renaming, screen captures, fonts and file zooming." Garrity points out that "... tiny details can have a significant impact on the user experience on operating systems. Inconsistencies that seem insignificant when considering individually, but together they degrade the overall polish and sense of stability in the system," and points out a few places where Gnome manages to avoid such inconsistency.

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  1. A standard widget set? by Der+Krazy+Kraut · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You mean like in Winamp, Media Player and ICQ? ;-)

  2. Re:You've mentioned ONE technical problem... by Oliver+Defacszio · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'll be honest, I really couldn't care less if I'm taken seriously by the Slashdot collective, as any technical issues I could come up with would be almost certainly brushed off by a group who has an agenda to fulfill at all costs. That is, in short, "Linux roolz". It happens all the time around here.

    All I'm saying is that these are some of the reasons why I didn't last on Linux, despite appreciating its appearance. Having snooped around, I've found that all of these are fairly common complaints. Consider them carefully as feature "requests," or throw them away as being the bitchings of a jerk -- it really matters not to me, because I don't care if Linux improves.

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  3. Re:Small inconsistencies? by ircbuddy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How about standardizing my fist into your stomach?