From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 20:26:51 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 D4D4A1065675 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 20:26:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) Received: from mail.familycareintl.org (static-64-61-120-78.isp.broadviewnet.net [64.61.120.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 919188FC16 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 20:26:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from FCIEXCHANGE1.FCI ([::1]) by FCIEXCHANGE1.FCI ([::1]) with mapi; Tue, 11 May 2010 16:26:44 -0400 From: Jean-Paul Natola To: 'Robert Bonomi' , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Thread-Topic: user friendliest gui Thread-Index: AQHK8T0o5G+EuRmMQI6yTgfCRapRa5JMrfYg Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 20:26:43 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <201005111907.o4BJ7A2M007162@mail.r-bonomi.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Subject: RE: user friendliest gui 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: Tue, 11 May 2010 20:26:51 -0000 Will it pop-up a message saying your drive is clean? If so then great -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f= reebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bonomi Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:07 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: user friendliest gui > Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:51:44 +0000 > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: RE: user friendliest gui > > My users here, "no gui" =3D "machine is broken" > > ________________________________ > From: Eitan Adler [mailto:lists@eitanadler.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:48 PM > To: Gary Gatten > Cc: Jean-Paul Natola; FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Re: user friendliest gui > > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Gary Gatten wrote: > If that's all your doing on that system, maybe some restricted shell with= =20 > automagical scan script would be fine? Just a thought. Avoid GUI's if y= ou > can! > > Why? For most users GUIs are far easier to understand and use. Why?? Because, In this case, the GUI is entirely -un-necessary-. The user doesn't have to do anything other than stick the flash drive in the USB por= t. The machine does everything else. *WITHOUT* any further user intervention= =20 required. Why bother with the GUI, when there is no inter-actiona required? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "