Crying (Score: 2, Funny) by axsdenied@pipedot.org on 2015-03-04 05:04 (#48A0) Damn, you almost had me crying before I got to the 3rd paragraph... Re: Crying (Score: 2, Interesting) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2015-03-04 12:23 (#48YJ) Glad I had a chance to edit the summary and make sure everyone recognizes the intro was a tongue-in-cheek slam at some other DE. Seriously, the new XFCE looks great, and I love the idea you can configure Alt-Tab to do things other than the traditional way - I like the vertical list of full title apps (there was another DE that did it this way but I can't remember which anymore). At this point in the evolution of desktop environments, we don't need radical changes in metaphor, just refinements in usability and convenience. That seems to be exactly what the XFCE team is doing.Check out the language in their press release, too. It's clear they're making a huge effort to listen to their users and find out where the pain points are: it's a radical concept in software development (listening to the users and applying fixes as relevant). I wish others did it too.Looks like a good looking desktop experience. I'm looking forward to checking it out - might even encourage me to give LXDE a rest for a while (until LXQT comes out, anyway). At this point, I'd say XFCE is leading the race in traditional desktop environment usability, and it's not clear to me what "extra" you get by installing something like a full-on Gnome3 or Unity install. For all that extra storage and all the additional memory required, it's not clear to me what you gain by way of usability or convenience. This is what was forgotten like a year ago. More is not better, dorkwad developers! Re: Crying (Score: 1) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-03-04 19:03 (#49N3) Eh, technophobic technophiles. Trying new approaches are good, IMHO, but I understand the desire to keep the current work flow that works well for you. I'm both glad that gnome and KDE are going crazy new places, and that xfce is still here to have as a fall back.Seriously, Gnome3 is pretty sweet. I understand why they've done what they've done. Its kind of like switching to a functional programming language. Its a breath of fresh air. A new way to do things, but we still need the older iterative/procedural approach in some cases too.
Re: Crying (Score: 2, Interesting) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2015-03-04 12:23 (#48YJ) Glad I had a chance to edit the summary and make sure everyone recognizes the intro was a tongue-in-cheek slam at some other DE. Seriously, the new XFCE looks great, and I love the idea you can configure Alt-Tab to do things other than the traditional way - I like the vertical list of full title apps (there was another DE that did it this way but I can't remember which anymore). At this point in the evolution of desktop environments, we don't need radical changes in metaphor, just refinements in usability and convenience. That seems to be exactly what the XFCE team is doing.Check out the language in their press release, too. It's clear they're making a huge effort to listen to their users and find out where the pain points are: it's a radical concept in software development (listening to the users and applying fixes as relevant). I wish others did it too.Looks like a good looking desktop experience. I'm looking forward to checking it out - might even encourage me to give LXDE a rest for a while (until LXQT comes out, anyway). At this point, I'd say XFCE is leading the race in traditional desktop environment usability, and it's not clear to me what "extra" you get by installing something like a full-on Gnome3 or Unity install. For all that extra storage and all the additional memory required, it's not clear to me what you gain by way of usability or convenience. This is what was forgotten like a year ago. More is not better, dorkwad developers! Re: Crying (Score: 1) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-03-04 19:03 (#49N3) Eh, technophobic technophiles. Trying new approaches are good, IMHO, but I understand the desire to keep the current work flow that works well for you. I'm both glad that gnome and KDE are going crazy new places, and that xfce is still here to have as a fall back.Seriously, Gnome3 is pretty sweet. I understand why they've done what they've done. Its kind of like switching to a functional programming language. Its a breath of fresh air. A new way to do things, but we still need the older iterative/procedural approach in some cases too.
Re: Crying (Score: 1) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-03-04 19:03 (#49N3) Eh, technophobic technophiles. Trying new approaches are good, IMHO, but I understand the desire to keep the current work flow that works well for you. I'm both glad that gnome and KDE are going crazy new places, and that xfce is still here to have as a fall back.Seriously, Gnome3 is pretty sweet. I understand why they've done what they've done. Its kind of like switching to a functional programming language. Its a breath of fresh air. A new way to do things, but we still need the older iterative/procedural approach in some cases too.