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Comment by dralley | Hacker News Reader

This seems kind of ironic? Gnome has massive buttons and icons (to the consternation of many users) specifically because it's more accessible.

When was the last time you tried it?

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Gnome has big buttons and giant paddings because they target touch screens. But my point is that I don't care about all buttons have exactly same corner radius, I need features like a tray system to be able to access my non Gnome apps quickly(like I need to change the TTS program language), GNOME is good for you if what that big ego designers imposed is what you want, if it is not what you want then even GNOME community will tell you to use some else because GNOME has a vision, minimal features, form over function, excuses for incompetent developers

Have you shared this accessibility feedback with the gnome team directly? There’s been a huge push in recent years to make software more accessible and it’s very likely these frustrations are the result of ignorance more than malice on the part of the developers and designers. I think they’d appreciate your perspective. I know I would as a software engineer.

The gnome team isn't exactly known for being receptive to things outside their vision/interest.

With about 10 extensions, I can make Gnome perfect. Yes this include bringing systray back.

The trouble is, it will break on every new gnome version, because Gnome devs don't believe in backwards compatibility ever for their extensions APIs. Just imagine if a browser did this.

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