-Menus for starting the programs Most "dumb users" dont know what a binary really is and how that all works, they need a menu with a good structure to select the apps they want started. I once saw somebody who couldnt read/write mail anymore because i deleted the eudora link from the desktop. eudora was still there. But how should a "dumb user" know how to start it ? All of the mentioned guis have this. -Automated file management I know many people who just cant imagine how a filesystem works. They get confused by folders and files. Sounds funny, but it is reality. I once saw someone going completely nuts because the new Version of an office app had a new default document directory, and she couldnt find her files anymore:) Somehow these "Desktop Environments" should help the user to organize stuff. Advanced users should still have the option to do everything as they want... In Unix thats easier because of/home/blah/... in Windows some Apps use c:\My Files\, some use their own dir somewhere in c:\Program files\ etc. that isnt good for "dumb users". -Not to many options "dumb users" can get confused by to many options. install 4 different archivers and some graphicviewers in windows and then rightclick on a file... you get "archive with blah1, archive with blah2, view with foo, print with bar" etc. confusing. -open file formats if i send something i wrote in MS word to a "dumb user" who doesnt have word, he cant open it. and he doesnt know how, because he doubleclicks it and nothing happens.:) With open formats, everyone can use the app of his choice and still open all documents. nobody is forced to use foo-office from bar-inc. just because his buissines partner uses it. thats all for now.:)
All I can hear is: Thea take our video card specs, they could take our mac#s etc. ever thought of: they could take your pgpkeys, they could send your entire/home/ or whatever ? if you want security, dont use proprietary software. if u want to use proprietary software, you loose security. thats the way it is.
I dont know if aou guys are aware of this (after reading all your posts), but Chernobyl never was shut down. Reactor 4 blew, they put concrete over the ruin, and restarted the other 3... now if these 3 blew good night eastern & middle europe (including Germany where I reside)
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-Menus for starting the programs Most "dumb users" dont know what a binary really is and how that all works, they need a menu with a good structure to select the apps they want started. I once saw somebody who couldnt read/write mail anymore because i deleted the eudora link from the desktop. eudora was still there. But how should a "dumb user" know how to start it ? All of the mentioned guis have this. -Automated file management I know many people who just cant imagine how a filesystem works. They get confused by folders and files. Sounds funny, but it is reality. I once saw someone going completely nuts because the new Version of an office app had a new default document directory, and she couldnt find her files anymore :) Somehow these "Desktop Environments" should help the user to organize stuff. Advanced users should still have the option to do everything as they want... In Unix thats easier because of /home/blah/... in Windows some Apps use c:\My Files\, some use their own dir somewhere in c:\Program files\ etc. that isnt good for "dumb users". -Not to many options "dumb users" can get confused by to many options. install 4 different archivers and some graphicviewers in windows and then rightclick on a file... you get "archive with blah1, archive with blah2, view with foo, print with bar" etc. confusing. -open file formats if i send something i wrote in MS word to a "dumb user" who doesnt have word, he cant open it. and he doesnt know how, because he doubleclicks it and nothing happens. :) With open formats, everyone can use the app of his choice and still open all documents. nobody is forced to use foo-office from bar-inc. just because his buissines partner uses it. thats all for now. :)
All I can hear is: Thea take our video card specs, they could take our mac#s etc. ever thought of: they could take your pgpkeys, they could send your entire /home/ or whatever ? if you want security, dont use proprietary software. if u want to use proprietary software, you loose security. thats the way it is.
I dont know if aou guys are aware of this (after reading all your posts), but Chernobyl never was shut down. Reactor 4 blew, they put concrete over the ruin, and restarted the other 3... now if these 3 blew good night eastern & middle europe (including Germany where I reside)