Was my message not plain enough? I suggested a couple of changes to the way the Gnome and KDE interface work. Those suggestions are valid. My note was to let people know that simply copying Microsoft is not good enough. Try to make a UI that is better than Windows. If the goal is to only be as "good" as windows, then mediocrity wins again! At the current state, Gnome and KDE are simply ripoffs of a poorly designed UI from Redmond. Why would anyone copy such a design?
As I said before both Gnome and KDE suck! They could have set the bar up a bit higher, but they settled for the same crappy interface.
Actually I agree.... both KDE and Gnome suck. They seem to both be made to emulate the Windows interface. Including some of its more stupid designs! For example, in windows the "start" button opens up menus that have nothing to do with the apps and folders on the desktop.
OS/2 has this system down pat. The menu in OS/2 Warp reflects the desktop exactly. If you add or change the desktop in any way (adding applications, moving nested folders), it reflects in the menu exactly as it appears on the desktop.
I wish if people were going to try and make a gui desktop, that they would actually improve on the Windows desktop, rather than making it a clone. Both Gnome and KDE seem to be stuck in a Windows style world. Pity, as I was hoping someone would try and do Microsoft one better. Seems all we have to look forward to is another unintuitive GUI like Windows.
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Was my message not plain enough? I suggested a couple of changes to the way the Gnome and KDE interface work. Those suggestions are valid. My note was to let people know that simply copying Microsoft is not good enough. Try to make a UI that is better than Windows. If the goal is to only be as "good" as windows, then mediocrity wins again! At the current state, Gnome and KDE are simply ripoffs of a poorly designed UI from Redmond. Why would anyone copy such a design?
As I said before both Gnome and KDE suck! They could have set the bar up a bit higher, but they settled for the same crappy interface.
Actually I agree.... both KDE and Gnome suck. They seem to both be made to emulate the Windows interface. Including some of its more stupid designs! For example, in windows the "start" button opens up menus that have nothing to do with the apps and folders on the desktop.
OS/2 has this system down pat. The menu in OS/2 Warp reflects the desktop exactly. If you add or change the desktop in any way (adding applications, moving nested folders), it reflects in the menu exactly as it appears on the desktop.
I wish if people were going to try and make a gui desktop, that they would actually improve on the Windows desktop, rather than making it a clone. Both Gnome and KDE seem to be stuck in a Windows style world. Pity, as I was hoping someone would try and do Microsoft one better. Seems all we have to look forward to is another unintuitive GUI like Windows.