GNOME vs. KDE Developer Philosophy (WAS: Re: GTK2 Themes in …

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> |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.
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> 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.
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> I have no problem with them going to the "just works" principle.  They
> should look at the KDE Control Center.  It "just works".
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> |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 :)
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> 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
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> |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.
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> 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.
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> - -Derek
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> |
> |        --Ted
> |
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