Comment 177 for bug 390508

Frankly, I've lost interest in keeping track who is the developer, designer
or bug reviewer for this piece of software. You could even be a regular user
who happens to like the decision taken by the Ubuntu designers. It's not
that relevant. As long as you are the one claiming this whole situation is
"ok", it's you I'm replying to.

The point is: If somebody agues that "if developers for project xy don't
> add feature A or option B, they are controlling jerks" (or dictators,
> interface nazis, or whatever insult is in vogue lately), then the one
> trying to dictate is actually the user, not the developer.

This at least makes a fragile attempt at justifying the design decision with
the right of the developer to do whatever he or she pleases (which is better
than "it's best for you, believe it").
But how about we rephrase this: "if developers for project xy remove feature
A or option B (because they don't like their users using them), they are
controlling jerks". Sounds better, doesn't it?

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Holger Berndt <email address hidden> wrote:

> @Adrian Roman:
> > what you say below about being the "controlling jerk"
>
> What you might have not realized is that this phrase was a quote from
> comment #168. But I'm glad we agree that this is not a nice way to
> communicate.
>
> The point is: If somebody agues that "if developers for project xy don't
> add feature A or option B, they are controlling jerks" (or dictators,
> interface nazis, or whatever insult is in vogue lately), then the one
> trying to dictate is actually the user, not the developer.
>
> > you just want it that way period
>
> It's irrelevant what I want. What you might not realize (although I said
> it several times, e.g. in comment #99) is that I am not one of
> NotifyOSD's designers. I am also not one of its developers. Those are
> the ones that you should try to convince.
>
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