Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:05:26 +0100 From: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> To: Joao Schim <j.schim@netmaniacs.nl> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Desktop FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040308120526.GA38679@pasternak.w.lub.pl> In-Reply-To: <20040308123841.7be93c08.j.schim@netmaniacs.nl> References: <20040308063951.VMBB16454.tomts6-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp.bellnexxia.net> <20040308123841.7be93c08.j.schim@netmaniacs.nl>
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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.
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