Re: Galeon 2 User Interface

On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:40:32PM -0400, Aaron Kemp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> You really need to take it easy.
> 
> You are the one who is mistaken in this case.  There are many people
> that use the Gnome desktop that do not care about the things you and I
> do.  My mother, for example, wants a browser that "just works".  No
> cruft, no advanced options -- "The web and only the web".
> 
> More examples? The corporation I work for.  We're switching to Linux
> desktops for many of the administrative staff.  I assure you they don't
> give a damn. They just want to type in yahoo.com and get the page they
> were looking for.  That's it.
> 
> More? My roommate at university.  Tired of XP crashing, I convinced him
> to try RH 8.0.  He's in arts; he doesn't even know what HTML is.  He
> just wants to be able to go to The Onion and Penny Arcade.
> 
> I've got more...  I've switched a lot of people over, and I assure you

Well, take the argument the other way around. You said you switched a
lot of people over, and so did i, and so did most assuredly a many other
galeon users. Sure the new target does not care, but you forget that the
people who care, and who feel a bit forgoten by the galeon 2
development, are the same that will be advocating gnome/galeon, and
switching people over. So if they find a better browser, phoenix for
example, then it is this one they will suggest to people wanting to
switch over.

That said, i guess a compromise has been made, which will satisfy
everyone, and that is for the best.

Friendly,

Sven Luther


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