Comments on: Desktop Switchoff: suggestions? http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/ Braindumps on things Mel Chua has found shiny lately. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Henrik Heigl http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-4491 Henrik Heigl Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:25:27 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/#comment-4491 so, how was ist overall?! Conclusions? Will you stay at KDE :-) ? so, how was ist overall?! Conclusions? Will you stay at KDE :-) ?

]]> By: Sumana Harihareswara http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 Sumana Harihareswara Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:25:10 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/#comment-4351 Another GNOME resource to skim: GNOME Journal's current & back issues. http://gnomejournal.org/ Another GNOME resource to skim: GNOME Journal’s current & back issues.

http://gnomejournal.org/

]]> By: Karlie Robinson http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/comment-page-1/#comment-4341 Karlie Robinson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:16:47 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/07/desktop-switchoff-suggestions/#comment-4341 I wouldn't worry too much about making it scientific. The biggest test of any software is to determine whether or not you can us it to get your work done. If you happen to find some neat features along the way, then good. If not, don't worry about it. Most of the reasons people go all fan-boi on a software suite is because of some completely relative set of attributes. Also keep in mind what it really means when someone is a fan-boi. In fact, I would argue that it has less to do with the merits of the object/software/device/etc and more to do with the merits of the choice. Most people have an aversion to being 'wrong' and being in the minority can sometimes come across as having made the wrong choice. To convince others they're the ones making the wrong choice is what fan-bois do best. I wouldn’t worry too much about making it scientific. The biggest test of any software is to determine whether or not you can us it to get your work done. If you happen to find some neat features along the way, then good. If not, don’t worry about it.

Most of the reasons people go all fan-boi on a software suite is because of some completely relative set of attributes.

Also keep in mind what it really means when someone is a fan-boi. In fact, I would argue that it has less to do with the merits of the object/software/device/etc and more to do with the merits of the choice.

Most people have an aversion to being ‘wrong’ and being in the minority can sometimes come across as having made the wrong choice. To convince others they’re the ones making the wrong choice is what fan-bois do best.

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