Why I don't use GNOME (Score 2)

I don't use GNOME because I don't like the usability of GTK. An example: when I get a window with as only widget a text box, this box is not active. Why do I have to click in this only widget to tell the computer that's the one I want to use? Raph PS1: This is just my personal opinion, I don't want everybody to agree with me... PS2: Another question: aren't the function names much too long? Why all those casts? Doesn't that come from the C choice. I'm not a grat programmer, but that scarces me. I'd prefer C++ for the UI.