 Permalink for comment 496336 RE: This is not an either/or by
galvanash on Mon 7th Nov 2011 18:39 UTC in reply to "This is not
an either/or" Member since:  I completely agree with everything
you said here, but that isn't the big picture...  It isn't
_just_ a lack of customization that is rubbing some people the
wrong way. It is that the nature of many of the abstractions are
changing. It is happening slowly to be sure, but it is
happening. Menus are being systematically eliminated -
hierarchical organization is being eliminated - these are being
replaced by more dynamic methods of organizing things that are
not exposed by the UI in the same ways - and the most efficient
methods of doing these things under the hood will eventually
change along with it.  If you look at how things have changed in
Gnome 3 for example, it is obvious (at least to me) that there
will be a point (that isn't far off) where recreating the look
and feel of a Gnome 2 desktop will simply not be possible - or
if it is it will be dramatical