This is, in my opinion, the reason why Ubuntu will die.
You can say that as often as you want, the "I like this because it's shiny" userbase is bigger then the "I want to get work done so how do I disable this shit?" userbase. We* are the niche, not the others. See iPhone/iPad and Android.
* "We" as in: Mate, Gnome2, KDE3, Xfce, bare-window-manager users. Personally I recommend Sawfish and Mate. I also like KDE4 to a certain extend, good ideas, but too much shiny-stuff.
According to the WhoIs, the.com domain was registered by a company in Arizona (Domain Proxy Company). The.org domain still shows up at the DoJ. Not sure, but looks like these were within the legislation of the U.S., because registered there.
Wait...do you mean I should stop telling our clients that we "Invented a new inventive and productive technology to optimize the display of the typographically-easy-accessable tabular-grid" when all I did was switch the "Order" property of the column to true?
I work in IT Security, and I've done some work on the edge towards usability. Actually, I've given a keynote speech earlier this year on the topic.
The geek arrogance of considering average users "dumber-and-dumber" is the biggest cause of security issues today. And I would not be surprised if the same were true for other areas of computing.
I'd love to disagree with you on this, and I think that you have expertise in this area. The problem is what we're seeing with iOS, Android and Windows 8 with addition to other areas, namely Gnome3 and Unity. Disclaimer first, I use Mate with Sawfish, my desktop is cluttered with conky and terminals, disclaimer ends. It feels like UIs are getting dumber and dumber...and so they reach bigger masses. Maybe it's not the average user which gets dumber, maybe its the average.
It's arrogance, plain and simple. Human beings are not so different that they really need totally different designs. And good design does take power-users into account, btw. - that's why some stereos have a cover over the switches that most users will rarely touch, for example.
That's great...where is that covered panel in Android? Gnome3? iOS? Windows 8? Or an example: Make the clock in the bottom bar of Android display the date and the seconds.
That early Apple mice used only one button was not for simplification, but because the interface paradigm assumed that keys would be used as modifiers, for example. Just because you disagree with a way of doing things, mostly because you are used to the other one, doesn't mean it is bad. And just for the record: I can't fathom how to use a computer with a mouse with less than 3 buttons.
Yes, I agree.
The one thing you can throw at Apple and have it stick is that in many things they only allow one way of doing things. Especially if you come from Linux, there is a massive lack of configurability. Then again, if you read todays articles, that precisely is one reason the Linux desktop never made it. See, if someone needs help with their Mac, I can sit down and go to work. On many Linux machines I first had to understand which WM on which distribution they use and what they put where.
I had a talk with a colleague the other day about how I consider that the art of configuring a PC and the system to the way it totally works perfectly for you, is a lost art. People expect PCs "just to work", switch on, go, don't question or configure anything. It's like driving in a car with fixed seat and steering-wheel position. You can do it, but it's not comfortable. Yeah, sure, that example lacks a lot of depth compared to PCs, but I hope you get my drift.
One of the most important aspects of UI design is consistency. And it applies to average as well as power users. For the average user it means menu options don't shift around all the time, for the power user it means the same keyboard shortcut has the same meaning across different programs.
It's the sound of progress, my friend! Do you know who else is great at keeping backwards compatibility? Microsoft Windows...and that system is fucked up right from the ground. Keeping backwards compatibility just to keep software alive is like keeping dirt roads in New York City...so that these people with the horse-wagons still feel comfortable about their horses feet.
Their result was that yes, it is less precise and takes slightly longer, but it is more fun and the average user preferred it. That's why they went with it.
Apple wants to manipulate the shine on a button based on the title of a phone...too lazy to search for the article, though. Also wait until Apple will bring such stuff to the desktop, Microsoft will immediately announce that it is easier for users to navigate and use Metro if it looks like a cork board.
The interface of Android on the other hand, I think Google will not go down that road.
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As far as I know, all games requiring DirectX11 are Vista+ only. Though, most are providing a fallback to DirectX 9.
Latest market share figures show the difference between perception and reality.
Yeah, let's just call statistics from netmarketshare "reality".
This is, in my opinion, the reason why Ubuntu will die.
You can say that as often as you want, the "I like this because it's shiny" userbase is bigger then the "I want to get work done so how do I disable this shit?" userbase. We* are the niche, not the others. See iPhone/iPad and Android.
* "We" as in: Mate, Gnome2, KDE3, Xfce, bare-window-manager users. Personally I recommend Sawfish and Mate. I also like KDE4 to a certain extend, good ideas, but too much shiny-stuff.
...and the taskbar has a lot of nifty and intuitive features.
Like what?
Incoming lawsuit for distributing the lyrics in 3...2...1...
THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS!
Don't make a second sequel just for the sake of it?
If you didn't know, it actually is.
Well, as long we spare no expense we should be fine.
Bwahaha...I needed to look that up as I never used LILO, but that's awesome*!
Awesome as in "awesome idea" not as in "awesome usability".
I'm pretty sure someone at Mozilla/Google is planning to put the Browser into the Web as Web 2.0 application.
According to the WhoIs, the .com domain was registered by a company in Arizona (Domain Proxy Company). The .org domain still shows up at the DoJ. Not sure, but looks like these were within the legislation of the U.S., because registered there.
Wait...do you mean I should stop telling our clients that we "Invented a new inventive and productive technology to optimize the display of the typographically-easy-accessable tabular-grid" when all I did was switch the "Order" property of the column to true?
Either way I say, go hard ppl!
... ... ... ... ...I'm at work. :/
...but how does that qualify as Tricorder or Tricorder-like-device?
I work in IT Security, and I've done some work on the edge towards usability. Actually, I've given a keynote speech earlier this year on the topic.
The geek arrogance of considering average users "dumber-and-dumber" is the biggest cause of security issues today. And I would not be surprised if the same were true for other areas of computing.
I'd love to disagree with you on this, and I think that you have expertise in this area. The problem is what we're seeing with iOS, Android and Windows 8 with addition to other areas, namely Gnome3 and Unity. Disclaimer first, I use Mate with Sawfish, my desktop is cluttered with conky and terminals, disclaimer ends. It feels like UIs are getting dumber and dumber...and so they reach bigger masses. Maybe it's not the average user which gets dumber, maybe its the average.
It's arrogance, plain and simple. Human beings are not so different that they really need totally different designs. And good design does take power-users into account, btw. - that's why some stereos have a cover over the switches that most users will rarely touch, for example.
That's great...where is that covered panel in Android? Gnome3? iOS? Windows 8? Or an example: Make the clock in the bottom bar of Android display the date and the seconds.
That early Apple mice used only one button was not for simplification, but because the interface paradigm assumed that keys would be used as modifiers, for example. Just because you disagree with a way of doing things, mostly because you are used to the other one, doesn't mean it is bad. And just for the record: I can't fathom how to use a computer with a mouse with less than 3 buttons.
Yes, I agree.
The one thing you can throw at Apple and have it stick is that in many things they only allow one way of doing things. Especially if you come from Linux, there is a massive lack of configurability. Then again, if you read todays articles, that precisely is one reason the Linux desktop never made it. See, if someone needs help with their Mac, I can sit down and go to work. On many Linux machines I first had to understand which WM on which distribution they use and what they put where.
I had a talk with a colleague the other day about how I consider that the art of configuring a PC and the system to the way it totally works perfectly for you, is a lost art. People expect PCs "just to work", switch on, go, don't question or configure anything. It's like driving in a car with fixed seat and steering-wheel position. You can do it, but it's not comfortable. Yeah, sure, that example lacks a lot of depth compared to PCs, but I hope you get my drift.
One of the most important aspects of UI design is consistency. And it applies to average as well as power users. For the average user it means menu options don't shift around all the time, for the power user it means the same keyboard shortcut has the same meaning across different programs.
True.
It's the sound of progress, my friend! Do you know who else is great at keeping backwards compatibility? Microsoft Windows...and that system is fucked up right from the ground. Keeping backwards compatibility just to keep software alive is like keeping dirt roads in New York City...so that these people with the horse-wagons still feel comfortable about their horses feet.
Their result was that yes, it is less precise and takes slightly longer, but it is more fun and the average user preferred it. That's why they went with it.
FTFY
Apple wants to manipulate the shine on a button based on the title of a phone...too lazy to search for the article, though. Also wait until Apple will bring such stuff to the desktop, Microsoft will immediately announce that it is easier for users to navigate and use Metro if it looks like a cork board.
The interface of Android on the other hand, I think Google will not go down that road.
I'm 99% sure that the OP will argue that his father needs/wants Windows and can not use Linux for x reasons.
Disclaimer: Installing Ubuntu worked for my father.
Just remove Admin-Rights from his account.
What operating system? Also check what programs were run...and prepare for worst case: Reinstall.
On second thought...I think I just misread your comment completely...
Comparing Linux vs Apple in terms of popularity is a little bit unfair as you'll see when comparing the Linux PR budget to the Apple PR budget.
And it's subjectivity anyway...how often did you see an Apple Computer serve a website? Or run as router?
Or curl/wget...well, not a browser per se, though...