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As far as I know
Personal blog · afaikblog.wordpress.comdesignsystems
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.
GNOME interface design and UX
Most-linked posts?
- Gnome removes maximize and minimize buttons from program windows.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-03-06
What Hacker News says?
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”Submitted Taking GNOME to the Next Level as a story · 57 points
HN discussionA 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”Submitted Gnome Shell updates for 3.2 as a story · 54 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Next Step for GNOME 3: Content applications as a story · 32 points
HN discussionSubmitted A New Approach to GNOME Application Design as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gnome removes maximize and minimize buttons from program windows. as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNOME OS as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNOME Design Update, Part One as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sandboxed applications for GNOME as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taking GNOME 3 to the next level (GNOME 3.6 features and screenshots) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Changes coming in GNOME 3.4 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A New Approach to GNOME Application Design as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNOME 3: The Next Step as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNOME OS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sandboxed applications for Gnome as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Feature Focus: GNOME 3′s New System Status Area as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNOME 3's new system status area as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted GNOME Design Update, Part Two as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Welcome to the Post-WIMP Era as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gnome3 - Where did the buttons go?, and why. as a story · 1 points
HN discussion