"Some bad blood between Linus Torvalds and GNOME developers is flaring up again. Previously, Torvalds has said that Linux users should switch to KDE instead of GNOME because of the GNOME team's 'users are idiots' mentality. Now he has 'put his money where his mouth is' by submitting patches to GNOME in order to have it behave as he likes. This week, on the Linux Foundation's (formerly OSDL) Desktop Architects mailing list, the two sides are going mano a mano." Can I interest you in a pair of these and these?
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Member since:2005-10-02
Heeey, I didn't say I wanted it back exactly as it was. I miss it, because it's better than nothing.
Trust me - I'll study the concept design closely. I'd really like a well thought-out centralized File Action Editor.
There is one thing it fails: Change the default app for a group of mimetypes, e.g. open all video files with mplayer instead of totem.
Right on. And it's a PITA.
Member since:2006-09-15
"There is one thing it fails: Change the default app for a group of mimetypes, e.g. open all video files with mplayer instead of totem.
Right on. And it's a PITA."
You have a point there but you can always use your distro's package manager to choose the application of choice. You just install what you want to use for a certain mime type and uninstall any other app that handles it. My case in point is I hate Totem for video handling, I much prefer VLC so I remove Totem from my system, install VLC and my problem is solved.
From a user standpoint, Gnome has a lot to offer especially on the Corporate Desktop. You don't want to much in the way of easily accessible configuration options just very sane defaults. Saves time and allows for a user to go from one system to another and use it quickly without thinking "OMG, where do I start". If you have a lot of time on your hands on your home desktop and want to be artistic, then there are many choices on the Linux front for creative GUI interfaces. Gnome ain't it though and nor should it be, it's trying to maintain UI consistancy.
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2005-10-27
You miss that mimetype-editor? Really it was a pain to use. You hardly could find the mimetype you were looking for, zillions of mimetypes (sometimes even listed multiple times), no search, it hardly worked.
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You talk about "Clean well-structured and simplified layout" and want the old mimetype-editor back. What a contrast.
The new system is so much better. There is one thing it fails: Change the default app for a group of mimetypes, e.g. open all video files with mplayer instead of totem.
But don't be sad, because there is a concept design for a central mimetype-editor on the ubuntu wiki. And a nautilus dev showed interest in it. So maybe you'll get your toy. (Hopefully done right this time.
Oh and the link to the spec: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usability/SpecEnhancedPreferredApps