On: The Next Step for GNOME 3: Content applications

[stevenleeg]

A lot of what they're showing off (in terms of design) has been similarly implemented in OS X (through iTunes, iPhone, etc.) and it's been very successful.

How has it not worked in the past and why don't you think they can pull it off?

[zalzane → stevenleeg]

Because the kind of people who tend to use linux have very different needs than the kind of people who use OSX.

[Zash → zalzane]

Gnome is meant for normal computer users. Not power users or whatever you mean by "people who tend to use linux".

[chris_wot → Zash]

That wasn't the original intent of GNOME. Frankly, GNOME is misnamed. It had a great start, but they seem to have lost their way.

Removing options does not make user experience better, it merely limits it. I don't want to be limited.

[chris_j → Zash]

Does anyone have any data on the number of normal users vs power users that Gnome actually has? The worry has to be that, if Gnome stops targeting "people who tend to use Linux" then there's a strong chance that they'll fail to attract enough "normal computer users" to make it worthwhile.