Re: Re: MIME types, again ("Nautilus" ain't the answer)

On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 08:53 -0500, Ian D. Stewart wrote:
>ben wrote:
>
>> The developer can't anticipate the user's needs. Make simple, solid
>>
>>tools, each of which does one thing really well, and let the user mix
>>and match as needed.
>>  
>>
>Unfortunately, many of the developers (or at least the developers who 
>have posted here; I´ll give the others the benefit of the doubt) believe 
>that not only can they anticipate the user´s needs, but they know the 
>user´s needs better than the user does.

 I think you are mis-informed here, we don't believe that we can
anticipate user's needs, we are however realistic, The Galeon 
development team is tiny, we all have full time jobs. We do not have
time to implement every tiny feature that individual users want. If you,
or anyone wants to help develop it, then your more than welcome.


>When the original poster stated that he preferred a dialogue box over 
>being taken to the address bar, the developer went on to berate the very 
>idea of a dialogue box.  The whole conversation came off as being very 
>patronizing.  It is that sort of attitude, rather than any technical 
>short comings which have turned me off from GNOME (and I´m sure I´m not 
>alone).

I have read that entire thread, and I don't see any developer berating
the user on why the dialogue is a bad, I see constructive comments about
alternatives.

Crispin



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