[SLUG] Re: Alternatives to Gnome3

[James Linder <jam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/11/2011, at 9:00 AM, slug-request@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> The problem here is that with Gnome3 (and they started this attitude in
>> Gnome2), they make it very difficult to do things any way other than the
>> default.
> 
> I work in tech support, doing a lot of phone support for non-technical users. Let me tell you, and I feel this with all my heart: that's a feature, not a bug.

Which may be true for the great unwashed mass, but methinks 'dona toucha da buttons' is (clearly it IS) not the paradigm that suits us (generic)
So I venture 'non technical users' is not applicable, and so I fret
I would be much more understanding if a less microsoft/apple approach was taken that said 'Here be all the things we have done, help yourself ...' http://wiki.somewhere
James