userinstinct: GNOME 2.6 Usability Study and Review | Linux Today

userinstinct: GNOME 2.6 Usability Study and Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 20, 2004

“The GNOME desktop and development platform is an environment
built on top of the X11 windowing system for an array of Unix-like
platforms. It provides a layer of abstraction from the underlying
system as a means of improving the system’s ease-of-use. Based on a
user interface standards document and a suite of applications,
GNOME attempts to be useful to a multitude of computer user
backgrounds and experience levels.

“The GNOME project started in 1997 in the hopes that it could
equal, and perhaps surpass, the then-nascent KDE…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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