default desktop layout To: xfce at xfce.org

[Alexander Toresson]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Muayyad AlSadi <alsadi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> all else fails, it should do no harm. Consider the people who like the
>> default layout, but can't figure out how to change it - they'll never
>> write in.
>
> telling me that CDE users and geeks can't find a way to change the
> default layout should be considered an insult to them (smile)
>
> but me telling you that Windows converts can't change the default
> layout is usual for many of such people.
>
>> These ppl use xubuntu and xubuntu has taken care of a layout that they
>> think is better suited for new users or the ones that don't know where
>> to change the layout... (no pun intended)
> I have no problem in xubuntu's layout, I'll be happy if xfce default
> layout is not the one I made
> because I don't claim to be Mr. right guy
>
> anyway, I'm asking for any default layout for the rest of us or the
> non-geeks or for humans (call them whatever you want)
>
> geeks knows there way.
>
>> really think that the default layout of Xfce doesn't really matter,
>> all it should do is reflect the choice of the developers... Users can
>> and will be taken care of by the distro's...
> that's true but not with Fedora, they have up-streaming policy
> I asked the maintainer in Fedora to have any user-friendly layout and
> he pointed me here
>
> anyway please if you do not like to change the layout please at least
> supply a first login layout chooser

You're telling us that Fedora just ships upstream software without any
modification, and with no patching? I doubt it.

// Alexander