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Re: Bugs in default GNOME etch?



On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 06:34:18AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 11:51 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 à 04:30 -0500, Greg Folkert a écrit :
> > > I would assert they are not listening to their former BIGGEST fans and
> > > users. You can easily find droves rants/discussions of current GNOME
> > > users very disgruntled with the REMOVAL of features that previously were
> > > there. Some users are now FORMER GNOME users due to these removals. 
> > 
> > Features. Features, features, features. Do you only want features,
> > without even knowing whether they are useful? Sorry, usability is not
> > about features.
> 
> Are you telling me that these features I keep see getting removed are
> *NOT* about usability for me? OK, functionality to me... Functionality
> for me determines my usability. It I have to use some archaic command
> like (btw I don't really mind them *IF* they are well documented) but
> like:
>         gconftool-2.3-1-9.mark32 -a2 -r4 --/usr/sbin/someothercommand \
>         \-\-optionforexternalcommand -32 --etc -e -t-c \
>         --corruptmysettingsplease

You *do* know that there is a graphical gconf-editor, right?

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