On 3/26/06, Dimi Paun dimi@lattica.com wrote:
This is the crux of the issue: this problem does not have an obvious correct solution. A normal approach would be "do no evil". That is, there should be a hysteresis against changing well known behavior that is tried, tested, and true. Experimental stuff like this should be introduced gradually, with default to off, and only when it has been proven in the field we may turn it on by default.
This would involve providing configurable options to uses and, as far as I can tell, it would appear that the primary goal of the Gnome project is to deny users all forms of choice.
<offtopic> Don't people find it funny that we, as a community, know all about incremental improvements when it comes to patch management, but we behave like righteous a--holes when it comes to imposing what we believe to be the Right Way (TM) onto others? And hey, since we can now invoke the Usability Principle, we are in the right to remove any way for the luser to opt-out of our One True Way.
But I digress, we are not the target audience...
</offtopic>
We? Hardly. This crazed position that we shouldn't even provide users with choices is an illness which is mostly limited to Gnome.
If I may be so bold, I'd suggest you switch to using KDE. KDE is most refreshing after spending a while stuck with gnome.