[Discuss] XBMC

[richard at grokdrop.com (Richard McCluskey)]

perfect answer, and I agree on most points, as I consider (likely
incorrectly) my desktop as a work-in-progress (hacked
ubuntu-pre-unity+gnome2+compiz+cairo+hacks) though it shouldn't be that
hard. In fact I wont upgrade to the latest ubuntu as Unity is the worst
thing I've seen in ages. Worse than gnome 1.3 which I  used for quite a
long time.

Sorry if I missed your previous rant, I only just rejoined the list after
about a year away :)


On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>wrote:

> I could have sworn I recently ranted about this.  Well.  There are several
> points:
>
> The failure to address egregious bugs and misfeatures.  Example: Metacity
> window placement.  Even when fixes are provided the developers refuse to
> incorporate them into the code base.  Open Source projects should be better
> than this.
>
> Inconsistencies across applications using the same toolkit.  Example: if
> you move Gnome's main panel to the side of the screen then mot things
> rotate to fit except the task list which continues to display window names
> horizontally.
>
> Disregard for usability.  KDE keeps piling more and more options into the
> UI; Gnome keeps throwing them away.  Ubuntu spites everyone by putting a
> smartphone UI on the desktop -- and refuses to let anyone move the UI bar
> to the other side of the screen.  LXDE's task bar is fixed at the bottom,
> which is a terrible place for it on wide aspect screens. All done with no
> consideration for usability.  It's all about image and branding and market
> share, and perhaps controversy -- I haven't ruled that out of the reasons
> for Gnome 3.  Nobody cares about usability except for the FreeDesktop
> folks, who have no authority, and Microsoft, which now employs UI
> specialists to fix and improve Microsoft's Windows and Application UIs.
>
> So, there you have it.  Consistency and usability.  Today, right now,
> Windows 7 delivers these better than everyone else.  Including Apple.
>
>
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