Why did the Gnome devs steer away from classic Gnome?

They decided having something that works was too mainstream

>>56038412
Simple. They tried to make it look appealing to average users. They failed miserably.

Because at the time tablets that had touch capability seemed like the future

>>56039102
laptops lol

>>56038412
I don't know but I fail to see the point of the current gnome. You can't have an individual instance of a browser in each desktop. Why not I ask? Even openbox does this. Every distro i've tested out with gnome I've been frustrated with. Used gnome classic for several months and it was fine.

>>56038447
This is always the answer.

That was Gnome 2, which was also criticized for its changes and moving away from classic.

>>56039110
It can be modified, but why the devs think forcing one paradigm is the way to go escapes me.

>>56038412
There's a reason why it's called classic, and it's not just because it's old.

>>56039110
>You can't have an individual instance of a browser in each desktop
You can and I'm doing so right now

GNOME failed 10x10 goal that is 10% market share by 2010. I don't see why they should have continued doing exactly the same thing that failed.