https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443082
--- Comment #5 from flan_suse <windows2li...@zoho.com> --- (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > Again, I'm sorry that you don't like the new menu. You're welcome to stick > with the old one. Nate, I don't want to get too psychological or philosophical, but a lot of the time users go quiet is because of fatigue. It's not neccessarily a mandate of the users once they diffuse their complaints. Sometimes it's not worth it to be persistent in reporting bugs (or deliberate designs) and to just get used to the "new normal". Many will just take whatever little improvements they can get and be done with it. It's just not worth to keep making their arguments behind why something breaks the momentum in their PC usage. I was reluctant to even report this, and I almost did not, since I had a hunch what the response would be. Will I keep using KDE? Yes! Will I use the legacy launcher as long as possible? Yes! Will I switch to the new launcher once the old one breaks due to non-compatibility with a future iteration of Plasma? Yes! Will I voice another complaint about the new launcher, and implore the devs to incorporate optional settings. Not likely. I'll just have to accept it. Does that imply I am happier with the new launcher? No, but it can be mistaken as such. --- Do you see my friends and my cousin complaining about it? They use Linux as a desktop, as a means to an end. They don't even know what a bug report is! ;) (Hence, they don't "exist".) Yet even recently when I re-installed Manjaro for my cousin on his new laptop, one of the first things he said was "Dude what the heck" when he tried using the new launcher. He asked if I could put back "That Windows 7 menu like we had it before" (referring to the previous laptop we installed Manjaro on.) --- The "pool of users" gets smaller and smaller with every layer: * Those who use Linux... * ...of these who use KDE... * ...of these who have active accounts on bug trackers... * ...of these who are willing to make bug reports... * ...of these who are willing to follow through... --- For example, there were no reports of Smb4K freezing when using it normally. Not even for earlier versions, even up to version 3.1.0; yet this glaring usability bug existed. Finally I said "Oh heck! I'll report it, and I'll record a VIDEO of it happening." Lo' and behold, not long after posting the video, the lead developer of Smb4K pin-pointed the bug and fixed it in the next version. According to the concept of "I don't really hear many complaints about XYZ" then the bug never was an issue? How can we know that there weren't "silent users" of Smb4K who kept having to restart the app every time it froze and didn't think it was worth it to try to report the bug or capture it on video? What if I never reported the bug, does that mean everyone who uses Smb4K isn't really bothered by the random freezes? After all, they're not complaining about it, let alone not even vocal about it. --- I don't mean any of this facetiously, and as you might have guessed I *LOVE* KDE. I understand that written text can come off as offensive, so I apologize if you think I'm being aggressive or rude. I just try to word things in a way that highlights the salient points. Just something to consider when you think about user consensus and satisfaction. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
