Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:48:42 +0100 From: Joao Schim <j.schim@netmaniacs.nl> To: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> Cc: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> Subject: Re: Desktop FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040308134842.638ffd14.j.schim@netmaniacs.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040308120526.GA38679@pasternak.w.lub.pl> References: <20040308063951.VMBB16454.tomts6-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp.bellnexxia.net> <20040308123841.7be93c08.j.schim@netmaniacs.nl> <20040308120526.GA38679@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
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You are right, That was an unneeded insult to the people doing their best to build a decent desktop environment. My sincere appologies to all affected. I obviously wasn't thinking straight. On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:05:26 +0100 Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> wrote: > Joao Schim [Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 12:38:41PM +0100]: > > I really doubt the gnome or kde guys ever heard of usability. > > I really doubt you ever tried to create a user-friendly, open, documented > software (no matter, GUI or command-line). Try to do that, then come back > criticizing other people's work - I wonder if you will be presenting same > attitude by that time. > > > I'm not saying windows is all that, definitely not, but kde/gnome are > > just a nightmare for not-so-technical users. > > There is KDE Quality team, maybe you should submit the usability problems > you've found to them. Your opinion can change the situation. Ranting is > not an answer. > > > Besides that i can't really imagine why anybody would still believe > > that the 'windows method' of seeing files as icons and such are the way > > to go. > > It's actually 'Xerox method', and it is a bit older, than MS DOS, for > example. > > > Lets just take that and put it in a new BSD licensed desktop > > environment. Or atleast build a solid API for UI calls system wide. > > ... or at least stop trolling, while doing nothing useful. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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