A letter from Linus

Source: Internet
Author: User
From: Linus Torvalds <Torvalds osdl org>
To: Till kamppeter <till kamppeter gmx net>
Cc: Usability gnome org, Jody gnome org, mclasen RedHat COM, shorttop_shortts lists osdl org
Subject: [usability] re: [shorttop_shortts] printing dialog and gnome
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:46:21-0800 (PST)

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, till kamppeter wrote:
>
> Frederic told that the options from the PPD file are intentionally mot
> Listed in the printing dialog, the usability team of gnome was against
> Listing these options. They clutter the dialog and can be more confusing
> Than useful to the user.

I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE.

This "users are idiots, and are confused by functionality" mentality
Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will
Use it. I don't use gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long
Since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.

Please, just tell people to use KDE.

Linus

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