Re: Galeon 2 User Interface

On 14 Oct 2002, Ali Akcaagac wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 20:07, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:
> > http://galeon.sourceforge.net/g2ui.html
> 
> hi marco, no offense but i can't resist this.
> 
> "We target non-technical users by design. This happens to be 90% of the
> user population."
> 
> you are targeting the "no users desktop" with that attitude. your
> assumption is evil and plain wrong. who gave you the information that
> 90% of the users are non-technical. this sounds like you were saying
> that everyone is a fucking moron. 

It's not an assumption--it's a very clear observation if you know enough
people.  I think Marco isn't talking about 90% of gnome users but rather 90%
of computer users.  And not being technical has nothing to do with
intelligence--it has to do with not *caring*.  People want to view web pages
and read content, not screw around with prefs.  People don't want bloated
software.  By "people" I'm refering to most computer users.

In addition, there are also a lot of technical users who don't want
extraneous settings either--they want software that does something well and
doesn't need to be twiddled with.  The more complex a UI is, the more
settings present, the more time I waste trying to figure out how to use it.
I want applications that let me get real work done.  I don't want to spend
time changing settings or trying to learn the intricacies of a new UI. 

The simpler the UI the easier to use.  Period.  The simpler the UI and the
application, the easier maintenance becomes for the developers. 

-jamin

> you are one of these guys that blindly
> follow the crap of seth nickell and havoc pennington. if galeon wasn't
> the only webbrowser for gnome then i would have spoiled it down the
> toilet already. alone this sentence of yours is worth doing this. that's
> the reason why i work on atlantis because i am fed up of people that
> threaten other people like morons. seriously. your users and i speak of
> the whole gnome desktop now. are the TECHNICAL users, that are the users
> that want to bomb their limited barrier and try something new, that are
> the users who spread the word of gnome and galeon in general. these
> users have switched to linux and decided to use it because of its
> powers, because of its configurability. please understand that on the
> long run it is better to stop this insanity and get back to the initial
> roots of gnome. making a cool desktop that satisfies the needs of all
> people. this sentence of yours is highly offensive and highly pissing
> people off.
> 
> thank you for reading.
> 
> 

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