Re: why are there no themes for galeon? and is galeon 1.3 cooler than 1.2, let's vote

Le mardi 15 mars 2005 à 09:45 -0700, Michael L Torrie a écrit :
> On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 23:31 -0500, Adam Hooper wrote:
> > Good thing the users aren't developing Galeon, or it'd be a huge,
> > disgusting pile of garbage. Hell, even Internet Explorer would be an
> > improvement.
> 
> While I agree that Galeon is better off the way it is than the way that
> some people would like to see it, this comment of yours is a real red
> flag.  If anyone who is a developer seriously believes this then we have
> many more problems with Linux on the desktop than I previously thought.
> 
> I realize that most OSS software exists to service the needs of the
> developers.  But if you intend your software to be used by others (and
> in OSS this definitely need not be the case) then ignoring them and
> calling them idiots is not a very wise thing to do.  

What I think Adam meant is "if you listen to every feature request
formulated by 'users' in bugzilla or on this mailing list", galeon would
be a huge disgusting pile of garbage. The wishes of 3 people on a
mailing list or a web site aren't necessarily representative of what
people not even knowing there's a galeon mailing (and not caring about
its existence) want.

Christophe




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