Suggestions
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| Grishnakh May 13, 2010 3:11 PM EDT |
I think Gnome needs to continue with their present direction of making the interface simpler, and removing extra features that only confuse users and make the software more difficult to use. For instance, any features that allow you to configure the way it looks ("themes") are unnecessary and will only confuse users. Take those out, and just adopt a single, standard theme. Similarly, there's many extra gadgets that are only distracting and confusing to most users. For instance, the clock. No one really needs that. It takes up valuable screen space, adds clutter, and is confusing to interact with. Just take it out. Another confusing thing is the program menu. There's too many programs in it, and this confuses users. Instead, just select a handful of programs that users need, and put buttons for those on the screen in a convenient place. Don't allow users to use anything besides those programs, because it'll confuse them. Finally, remove any way of accessing the shell or any other command-line interface, because that'll just confuse people. By adopting these suggestions, I think that GNOME will best achieve its vision of a simple, easy-to-use, and non-confusing user interface that doesn't have a lot of extra features that do nothing but confuse and distract people. |
| azerthoth May 13, 2010 4:18 PM EDT |
Yes, options are bad, configurability is bad, showing programs actually installed on the system is bad. Yup thats the been the Gnome mantra for years. Bring on the Kgnome. +1 Grishnakh |
| Steven_Rosenber May 13, 2010 8:00 PM EDT |
I'm not sure if he's being sarcastic or not. You do hear GNOME people constantly talking about how KDE has too many menus, buttons and options. |
| hkwint May 13, 2010 8:09 PM EDT |
In fact, the whole paradigma of 'powering on' the monitor only leads to a confusing and distracting interface. I think the desktop would be less cluttered and confusing after turning of the monitor. |
| Grishnakh May 13, 2010 8:14 PM EDT |
You do hear GNOME people constantly talking about how KDE has too many menus, buttons and options. Exactly. That's why I propose they trim down the interface any more. In fact, I think they should make it sorta like the iPhone, but without all the different apps. No more panel, no more footprint button to bring up menus; just a few icons on the desktop, and that's it. One icon for each application: one for Firefox, one for a music player, etc. And no more keyboard shortcuts either, that's too confusing. And of course, no more multitasking; that just confuses users. So if you want to listen to music, you click on the music player icon, and play some music. But you can't surf the web at the same time, because that might be confusing. You'll have to buy another computer to surf the web and listen to music at the same time. They should also make a special Gnome version of Firefox that gets rid of tabs and separate windows. There should only be one window, viewing one website, and that's it. If you want to view a different website, you have to navigate away from the one you're currently viewing. Having multiple tabs and windows is too confusing for some users. Finally, the filesystem on Gnome-enabled systems needs revamping. No more directories for users. All of a user's files should be in a single directory, and they shouldn't be allowed to create any subdirectories, because that's too confusing. People get confused when they download a file from the web, and then have to go looking for it. If all the files are in one directory, they won't have this problem. |
| gus3 May 13, 2010 9:35 PM EDT |
Quoting:I think the desktop would be less cluttered and confusing after turning of the monitor.Exactly. Turn the whole thing off, go outside and play. Bonus: It secures your data! |
| azerthoth May 13, 2010 10:16 PM EDT |
Quoting:I'm not sure if he's being sarcastic or not. I sure hope it is sarcasm, because if its not it's a more drastic case of protecting the user from themselves than apple or MS ever dreamed of doing. |
| TxtEdMacs May 14, 2010 7:53 AM EDT |
Next time I need a sarcastic post, I am going to defer to Grishnakh. Such talent where anything I could write with [sarcastic] tags would be eclipsed by his/her/its superior prose. Very envious, since I was already laughing not too far into the this individual's first post. Sarcasm? How could you doubt it? YBT P.S. Your alias is new are you? Come back often, please. |
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