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The damn thing Just Works™. That's why the developers aren't being pestered. It's a pretty great piece of software.
Every couple of years I install other desktops to check out what the cool guys use nowadays, then go right back to XFCE.
It's like having a hot cup of tea on a cold day while sitting in a comfy chair by the fire with your slippers on.
Similarly, I like to toy around with tiling window managers, but then someone less technical needs to use the computer, so back to XFCE we go.