intrigeri:
> This change in the default settings was made on purpose in GNOME 3.28
> and announced in the release notes:
>
> https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.28/#device-support
>
> The corresponding upstream commit is:
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/commit/77ff1d91d974b2aaebbf7d748f1cd904bc75330b
>
> There's been some discussion (and controversy after the fact) there,
> which gives some context and arguments in favor & against this change:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757255
>
> Technically speaking, we can easily revert this GNOME change and go
> back to the same behaviour as Tails 3.x. Each choice we can make has
> UX pros and cons: some users/hardware will benefit form the GNOME
> change, some others will suffer from it. So I believe the decision
> belongs to our UX designers ⇒ I'm moving this discussion to our UX
> mailing list and setting the Reply-To accordingly.
Thanks for digging out more info about the changes in GNOME!
I've read the bugzilla thread and I must say that I'm quite concerned
about the quality of the UX discussion there, for example
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757255#c23 by the main
proponent of the change.
I see little arguments in favor of the change to "Mac-style" right-click
but many arguments in favors of keeping the "Windows-style" right-click.
Tails is meant to be an occasional OS (unlike Fedora or Ubuntu) and
Windows is 91% of the global OS market share, versus 6% for macOS, so
discoverability and compatibility for Windows users should be our
priority here.
It will also save us tons of noise and help desk work post-release :)
Going back to Michael's original feedback, he had to google it to figure
this out.
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