From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 6 7:33:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB3737B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 07:33:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 721B343FA3 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 07:33:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.12.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h16FXlOs022960; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:33:47 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id h16FXksd022957; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:33:46 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:33:46 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Larry Sica Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" , Subject: Re: GGI (was: Project Status) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030206170542.T43637-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Larry Sica wrote: > > This is probably the most important aspect of any desktop. A coherent > system. A desktop needs consistency, ease of use and applications. > > Sometime too much choice is just as bad, or worse, than no choice at > all. I want to be able to setup a system that will look and feel the > same for 99% of cases. I want to be able to use quicken, or word, or > that cool photo app. I want my itunes, my instant messenger. That is > what people say. Most don't have the time or care to get deeply > involved in their computer, they want it to be just another electronic > device they use, like a vcr, or a tv. > > So the question becomes, does FreeBSD as a whole want to target this > user audience? Is there the collective will to make that a reality? > If the answer is no, I would think resources are best directed > elsewhere perhaps? > There is no point in dragging - or trying to drag - FreeBSD as a whole into this. Its not useful and furthermore not the way things get done. They way to get things done is: * find similarily minded people who want to see it happen * *DECIDE* (and later keep to the decision) as to what exactly your target audience is * and then you just deal with the needed decisions that come from the first two parts to end up with a desktop package But really its a huge amount of work and includes many quite quirky decisions even when starting for a well-known base like GNOME/KDE (alphabetical ordering). > - --Larry > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta > > iQA/AwUBPkJ4mOeV8VtPCL3dEQJOOACgtbYYSIpzWSIYWajz0b8SAqTCrYYAoIbv > xqGiEys1ad/X51fjyd3F8wKa > =ZBEV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message