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As far as I know is a personal blog at afaikblog.wordpress.com about design and systems. Since 2011, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “Gnome removes maximize and minimize buttons from program windows.”. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.

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21mentions?
16HN people?
2011–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2012

GNOME interface design and UX

Most-linked posts?

  1. Gnome removes maximize and minimize buttons from program windows.
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-03-06

What Hacker News says?

  1. I don't agree. Reading Gnome designers' blogs makes it pretty clear that they strongly believe in these decisions as the best UX. Looking around Gnome reddit there's also plenty of people who like this minimalism and think it's actually superior [2]. That's not to say that the designers are not supportive of the existence of extensions. They clearly do, that's why they make a nice Extensions app in the first place.…

    Comment linking /2011/03/01/where-did-the-buttons-go/

    on “The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6”
  2. Submitted Taking GNOME to the Next Level as a story · 57 points

    HN discussion
  3. A quote from https://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/fantastic-progres... (...) details matter: we have a nicer looking run dialog now. The most important feature of this is that it now has a close button, which means that people have an escape route if they accidentally open it.

    Comment linking /2012/11/07/fantastic-progress-in-every-detail-matters/

    on “The Next Step for GNOME 3: Content applications”
  4. Submitted Gnome Shell updates for 3.2 as a story · 54 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Next Step for GNOME 3: Content applications as a story · 32 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted A New Approach to GNOME Application Design as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Gnome removes maximize and minimize buttons from program windows. as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted GNOME OS as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted GNOME Design Update, Part One as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Sandboxed applications for GNOME as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Taking GNOME 3 to the next level (GNOME 3.6 features and screenshots) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Changes coming in GNOME 3.4 as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted A New Approach to GNOME Application Design as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted GNOME 3: The Next Step as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted GNOME OS as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Sandboxed applications for Gnome as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Feature Focus: GNOME 3′s New System Status Area as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted GNOME 3's new system status area as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted GNOME Design Update, Part Two as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Welcome to the Post-WIMP Era as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Gnome3 - Where did the buttons go?, and why. as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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