From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 22:07:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4A5106566C for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B5C8FC19 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A65BAE721C; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:07:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from unknown (client-82-26-212-122.pete.adsl.virginmedia.com [82.26.212.122]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:07:31 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:07:29 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Chad Perrin Message-ID: <20101107220729.000048f6@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20101107205122.GE17565@guilt.hydra> References: <20101106190934.GB67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> <20101106225446.GC67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101107101750.00006bd2@unknown> <20101107174106.GB77433@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101107185845.66745df2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101107205122.GE17565@guilt.hydra> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:07:33 -0000 On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 13:51:22 -0700 Chad Perrin wrote: > I choose a little up-front learning curve for massive efficiency and > productivity enhancements down the road. The increased efficiency of > a minimal, composable toolset driven by the keyboard can be a huge > win in long-term productivity for one motivated to learn how to use > it, as well as a major savings on system resources (and hardware > costs, since upgrades do not need to happen as often, nor be as > cutting-edge). > > Others choose some inefficiency in the long run to avoid having to > learn anything new up front. The increased discoverability, at least > for simple tasks, of a point-and-click interface tends to seem more > "intuitive" and familiar to people just coming to a new system for the > first time, makes task completion easier to figure out the first time > (and the thirtieth, since point-and-click interfaces tend to require > figuring out the same tasks over and over again). With the command-line you also choose the inefficiency of having to read the man page every time you want to do something you're not familiar with. Well-designed UIs allow you to easily discover how to do it without resorting to the Help file - and since people tend to have good visual memories they can remember it better than a string of characters. A good example of this is Subversion tagging/branching: in Windows I can use the menu option "TortoiseSVN -> branch/tag..." to create a branch and have it done in a minute. Using the command-line I'd have to spend time reading up on the commandline parameters to achieve the same thing, since it's something I only do about once a year or so. -- Bruce Cran