[ale] gnome3. I give up.

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:46 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you had, you would have very clearly understood the reference to the
> Mac
> > interface and forced usage of the interface.
>
> When you say "told what I can do with my desktop" that implies, to me,
> that the system is preventing actual usage. Being able to change the
> way the interface looks (removing panels, adding new panels, etc.) is
> different. OS X has not prevented me from doing anything that I want
> to do on my desktop, and Gnome 3 wouldn't either. I assume Gnome 3
> makes it difficult to do things, and is the reason I don't ever see
> myself using it. OS X's interface is minimal, but it doesn't make
> actually using the system a difficulty. So I still don't think the
> reference makes sense.
>

Ah well. It does to me. Sorry I don't have the time to explain better why I
see it that way.

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