Linus on usability and GNOME
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00021.html
http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/desktop_architects/2005-December/000395.html - FUCKING IDIOT
http://perkypants.org/blog/index.php?name=1134482448 - "Think of this minor hiccough as an opportunity to introduce more people to The Zen of GNOME."
- Linus commands the kernel hackers to develop their own GUI?
- Dr. Torvalds and Mr. Hyde
- "The doctor's belief that within each human being there exists two countering forces, good and evil, leads to his experiments that try to separate the two. This, however, was not done merely for scientific reasons, but also because he enjoyed escaping the confines of the respectable guise of Dr. Jekyll."
- voted with feet
- fucking idiot
- damn quirky
- majority argument bullshit
- Any Gnome people who argue that it's about "usability" have their heads up their asses so far that it's not funny.
- unusable design
- possible concept strip where strip acts/looks like an "unusable" gnome control (like that awful save dialog) such that it renders the strip nearly unreadable
Script Plan 1
linus (tears in eyes): It's just, well, *huff*, it's not fair. esr: I know linus: all those Gnome developers ganging up on me. esr: oh I know linus: Why don't they listen to me? Why don't they care? It sucks. I hate them. esr: oh, yes, I know. linus: I'm Linus Torvalds ffs. Everyone else agrees with me. esr: oh, really, I know esr: we can hug if you like linus: no thanks.