OSNews: GNOME 2: A Year Later

“One year ago I wrote a review of Gnome 2. Some people thought I
was harsh, others thought I was fair, point is, I always write what
I think and surely Gnome 2.0 didn’t have the polish or stability of
a .0 release. But one year has passed. Gnome 2.2.1 is out, and I
must say one thing: I am starting to get impressed by the effort
and the clean interface Gnome 2 is now offering. Update:
Screenshots inside.

“The area where Gnome excels today is in usability. All its
preference panels are following the Gnome HIG, so there is great
consistency throughout its included apps. A few things could always
be designed a bit better, but because of the whole consistent and
non-bloat look, it doesn’t make the life of the user any bad.

“Gnome 2.2.2-pre The absolutely great thing about the HIG on
Gnome is that it has won the hearts of all its maintainers, so when
people are suggesting applications to become part of the main
distribution of Gnome, they are instructed to HIG-ify their
applications…”

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