[ubuntu-za] Stop the Anti-Unity / Gnome 3 FUD!

Quintin van Rooyen quintin.vanrooyen at gmail.com
Thu Dec 29 19:52:23 UTC 2011


On 29 December 2011 19:42, Peter Nel <fourdots at gmail.com> wrote:

> Quinton, please grant me a moment.
>
> This discussion may have entered that phase where a personal
> conversation is better suited. Trying not to sound long-winded in my
> response :-
>
Look, I appreciate you taking time to explain where you are coming from.


>
>
> I'm really sorry you feel this way. People tend to label me
> argumentative... I just feel that all there is to say about a thing
> must be said or we don't have a complete picture, perhaps that comes
> across as forcing an issue.
> Yes, I can be pedantic to a point of arrogant condescension...
> sometimes more so when I feel the other party is unwaveringly ignorant
> (not that you are).
> I don't mean to be malicious.
>
Fair enough.



>
> I actually believed we were more on the same side of the issue, since
> you used several customizations that I didn't, and seemed to be an
> active Unity user.
>

It is my interface of choice, and I use it for real work. So we, if there
were sides, are on the same side.


>
>
> > The problem with Unity and desktop managers et al are not how they are
> > built, or how they work. It is users like you who refuse to see there are
> > other alternatives and needs.
>
> In many discussions on this subject have I recognized specific
> use-cases that Unity does not fit. I did not recount all of them here.
> However, my question to you: Did you concede on anything? or did you
> also stubbornly insist on your position? Could I perhaps say the same
> about you refusing to acknowledge alternatives?
>

Well I thought I came across as open to alternatives, I am -really- and I
spend at least some time writing about different user interfaces that make
the rounds nowadays. (It is kind of a hobby.) I cannot wait for Windows 8
and the new interface for Windows that it will bring so that I can sink my
teeth into it.


>
> Everything else aside, didn't I give at least SOME actual workable
> solutions to problems people have?
>
> Yes you did.


> > Quintin
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Péter Nel
>



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