| Matthew Rosewarne on 3 Dec 2007 22:18:49 -0000 |
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On Monday 03 December 2007, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > Bling sells. Many years ago, I had someone (who should have known better) > tell me that a very capable piece of software was klunky because it didn't > have beautifully textured buttons, which its less capable competitor > sported. I couldn't believe my ears. But then, at least he was being > honest in sharing his opinion with me, and this engineer has since come to > the conclusion that people value bling even if has no practical value. Yeah, a sad truth that to me explains just about everything about Compiz. Despite serious architectural flaws and overwhelmingly poor design, Compiz has been *the* feature that almost all the distros were racing to include. What irks me more is that while Compiz is almost entirely irrelevant to the overall user experience, there are real problems with the UNIX/Linux setup we have that aren't getting nearly that level of attention. It seems Novell (who created Compiz and the awful XGL in total secrecy) may not have anything better to spend their time on, but at least Red Hat seems to be doing useful work with efforts such as PolicyKit, PackageKit, and NetworkManager. > <Flamebait> Why else would anyone buy an Apple product? </Flamebait> 8-) Don't forget the personality cult and ego stroking! :> Attachment:
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