Mastodawn

Very picky

I think the issue is Linux users think user friendly means 100% freedom to adjust and configure as desired, and most other people think user friendly means a single obvious green path to getting things done.

These are not strictly incompatible, they’re just difficult to balance.

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Jumuta Jan 25

I think KDE does it well? “simple by default, powerful when needed” works a charm on their applications

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BCsven Jan 25

KDE was a nightmare for my wife since it has the configuration right in the desktop bars and dialogs. Misclicks and drags meant she was making changes she didn’t want to. GNOME was a better choice, 100% simple and no surprises.

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MotoAsh Jan 26

That’s stupid. We do not design cars such that it’s impossible to crash if someone starts yanking on the wheel randomly.

Expecting an OS to do as much is … just beyond pathetic.

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MonkeMischief Jan 26

You make a point but, hey now, let’s not be cruel to people. I think we’ve all had a situation where a click was accidentally a click-and-drag and now things aren’t how they were before, and we didn’t realize exactly what was happening.

I feel like KDE might have features to lock down taskbar customization a little better but, I haven’t looked for such a feature… 🤔

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Cenzorrll

I’ve done that click and drag many times. Nothing worse than accidentally dragging a folder designated with pseudo random numbers into another pseudo random numbered folder, and not knowing if you actually dragged it into a folder, or missed and did nothing