All of this talk about different desktop environments makes me realize that not
having a stable desktop environment is a burden on everyone. Sure, I do not
expect that everyone will rally around the same UI, but I do expect the ones
that we pick to stop changing everything. I do not want to see changes in any
of the following areas:
- Program locations
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Standard programs
- Menu items
- Window behavior
- Click/drag, click/rate, double/single-click or any mouse changes
- Toolbar icons
- Program switching
I know that I sound like an old fogey, but I want GUIs to be as consistent as
the command line has been.
Just think how bad DOS would be if someone decided he wanted to change \ to /,
or if the unix world decides that ln should swap the order of the arguments. I
am not saying that I do not expect the environments to evolve over time--I like
GNU utilities better than vanilla, but I do not want to see the whole thing
ripped out every few years and replaced.
Give me a GUI that I can use for the next 30 years, and I will be happy.
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