Am 24.01.2016 um 00:32 schrieb Yamaban <foerster at lisas.de>: > On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:20, Alice Wonder wrote: > >> Sometimes the direction of UI development in gnome really angers me. >> >> For example, when selecting a font for the gedit text editor - there is no way to ask it to only show monospace fonts. >> >> It's a fricken text editor, that should be the default - meaning you have to do something special to get fonts shown that aren't monospace. >> >> Seriously, who is in charge with the UI design in gnome? >> >> Whoever it is needs to be fired. >> >> /rant > > +1 (or infinity) > > Hint: IMHO the gnome UI devs played to much with MacOS X and Tablets. > Seek the missing menu in the top-bar (upper end of the monitor) > The-Fqu? Extra mouse movement needed, just b/c them devs have > touchscreens? RAGE! > > For me switching to XFCE as DE helped enormously in getting work > done, not getting angry at the UI all the time was a nice plus. > > But, lets be honest here, not everyone will like XFCE. Any new paradigm forces mental change. For operations people its for sure terrible. But we are here now because of such change: Direct manipulation as concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY -- LF