What it mean to be cutting edge?

Tyriel · 2010-04-28 12:34:05

Hirager wrote:

I read this topic just out of curiosity and I am totally puzzled. Only one unnoticed person pointed out, that GNOME 3 will maintain also "old look". GNOME 3 will do bring new interface, "gnome-shell", but for those loving traditional layout there will be option left to stay with "gnome-panels" interface. Rejoice! Having learned on KDE mistakes GNOME devs will leave two paths to follow. Probably "gnome-panels" won't get new interface additions as it does now, but it will still receive full support for software and libraries.

It is evident that GNOME did not learn from KDE's past mistakes, however KDE has.

Hirager · 2010-04-28 12:41:52

Eh? KDE forced version 4 without leaving users much to say. And now GNOME moves on to version 3 and creates new path without closing the old one. I don't understand what do you mean by stating that GNOME did NOT learn from KDE's situation?

yngwin · 2010-04-28 12:59:08

flamelab wrote:

ioky wrote:
Just like they did with KDE when KDE 4 come out. They drop KDE 3.5 way before KDE 4 is actually usable.
Just a clarification: They didn't do that. They NEVER released KDE 4.0 on Arch, but KDE 4.1 (many months later), which was usable. KDE 4.0 was far away from usable.

4.1 wasn't usable either. In my opinion, 4.0 should have been labelled Technological Preview, 4.1 should have been alpha, 4.2 beta, and 4.3 should have been the first official release.

Tyriel · 2010-04-28 13:20:47

What I mean by my previous statement is that KDE acknowledges its mistake and has taken steps to try and prevent it from happening it again. Essentially giving its users a voice to state their opinions in KDE brainstorm and various other mediums.

GNOME has taken a very different approach by terminating the communication channels that existed and basically stating what the GNOME team choses is what it is going to be. For instance when GNOME Shell received a large negative response from the GNOME community, the developers said they are no longer taking feedback and people should just try it. Although those who tried it could not state an opinion either as user feedback was not welcome. This sounds very much like the mistake KDE made.

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