I see no reason to take something off list that I did not bring onto the list.
You say you are not complaining, if using the adjective awful is not a complaint about the usability of Mint/MATE what is it?
I genuinely have no problem with what you have pointed out, I do however feel you go overboard.
Like I said in my first response to this topic I see alot of TDE is "wonderful" (which is great) but everything else is "awful".
When you use something, and by your own admission you use Mint/MATE, and you find a problem with it it really does help others if you tell the people who are developing it. Your reply certainly indicates you never did this so to be fair your complaint isn't really helpful. Do you report problems you find with TDE? If you find something I bet you would because you have an emotional attachment to TDE but you don't have an emotional attachment to anything else and because of this it appears as though it is fine for you to bag them.