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Ted Gould wrote:

|the color can help with.  A developer can just add the option, or they
|can look at the source of the problem and make it 'just work' in those
|situations.

The problem is gnome doesn't just work.  The problem is they are
trying to "idiot" proof it.  Opinions vary.  For example I like small
clean fonts.  My co-worker likes large big fonts.  So how does a
developer solve this?  Medium fonts?  Some things you just have to be
able to configure.

I have no problem with them going to the "just works" principle.  They
should look at the KDE Control Center.  It "just works".

|I think that if you talk to people who have switched from Linux to Mac
|OS X, they've done it because Mac OS X 'just works'.  They don't have to
|configure it.  You could argue that not allowing the user to change the
|setting is treating them as stupid, or you could argue that it's letting
|them do better things like they're job :)

I agree.  Assuming that the defaults let them do their job.  In GNOME
that wasn't the case.  It DIDN'T work.
So I guess, all in all, I'd prefer to have my computer 'just work' than

|If you'd write up what was happening with GConf and what things you were
|having to change on the command line I'd be happy to forward it to the
|development lists.


Seriously if I had to write it up, it would take weeks.  I have
submitted numerous bug reports.  Frankly the number one reason I
switched.  I was sick of the developer attitudes around GNOME.  End of
Story.  I was sick of the "we are the superior Gods if you don't like
it F*** OFF".  I will take my business and donations to someone who
doesn't have an attitude.  Hello KDE. :)  That is not a blanket
statement, a lot of GNOME developers are good and I have relationships
with.  I hope them the best.

- -Derek

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