Re: GUI Environments
By: Folsom to All on Thu Aug 08 2013 04:35 pm
> 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 an
y
> 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 a
s
> 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 l
ike
> 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.
>
>
not going to happen.
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