> The Gnome developers tried to do that and see how that went...
The problem with the GNOME approach is they seem to spend a lot of time trying to build a desktop for *someone*, without defining who that class of people are. I tire of reading "this is better for Aunt Tilly" and similar arguments, when changes are made at a cost of their existing user base. I tried once, some time ago, to find a clear strategic statement of who their target audience was, and couldn't.
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Re: Linux should be the means and not the end
Date: 2014-05-20 03:13 pm (UTC)> The Gnome developers tried to do that and see how that went...
The problem with the GNOME approach is they seem to spend a lot of time trying to build a desktop for *someone*, without defining who that class of people are. I tire of reading "this is better for Aunt Tilly" and similar arguments, when changes are made at a cost of their existing user base. I tried once, some time ago, to find a clear strategic statement of who their target audience was, and couldn't.