I have a diploma in computer graphic design and in mulitmedia. In both classes, there were heaps of who were very computer literate.
One of the main reasons people don't care about GIMP, isn't just the questionably poor usability. It's still the features. Last time I check, things such as the ability to group layers, advanced typographical control, adjustable object effects, and color modes, were still far behind Photoshop.
Even in photography, I still find the GIMP lacking. The lack of LAB mode, which I often use, is one example.
The GIMP is a good project, and it sure has it's uses, but it's still far away from a Photoshop replacment for many people. It's like saying that MySQL is a suitable replacment for Oracles's top-of-the-line DB. For some; sure, for others; no F'n way.
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If they did that, then you'd probably accuse them of being evil sell-outs for treating corporations differently to other spammers. Google just did what they have always been very clear about: Try and manupulate your search results, and you may get delisted.
Well, considering they race on virtual tracks, you probably won't see many of them collect an award.
It all seems a bit of a let down to me. I think I'd rather play on a flight simulator, watch aerobatics, or watch Alan Szabo Jr. hammer the crap out of an RC heli only 1m above the ground.
I've always thought about having car-like races with RC planes, flying low to the ground, around and over objets etc. So I guess I was expecting something like that when I heard of this. Of course, treating full-scale aircraft in such a way did seem a bit to insane to be true.
Not just deaf people, but also people who want to use big, power hungery headphones. I sometimes use my over-ear headphones, and notice I have to turn the volume up to get the same level as my in-ear buds.
Those little spy cameras aren't going to take very good photos if you need to take a picture of something far away. Best just to pretend that you're a tourist and openly snap away with a decent camera.
You are right. I'm 24 and 10 months. Just like I said, you obviously don't know what you are talking about. If I were to use your logic, I would say that cars are unintuitive because I don't see many other devices with a steering wheel.
GUI is intuitive because you move around the mouse and manipluate things with it like you would do in real life. So, for instance, to scroll down a page, you drag a bar. To adjust the volume, you move a slider. To move a file to a different folder, you drag its icon onto the folder. If you want to do this on a CLI, you need to know the commands. If you don't know the commands, you can't do jack shit, and it is therefore the opposite of inuitive. I don't know of any cases in real life where I need to type a command to adjust the volume on my stereo. Not everyone knows how to type, anyway.
It's a perfect analogy, actually. Your average computer user simply doesn't give a fuck about the inner workings of their computer, the way many people don't give a fuck about the inner workings of their car. And wether it's tech support or a mechanic, they don't care what the problem was, or how you solved it, just that you fixed it and that it isn't going to cost too much.
Many of us are just so baffled as to how the hell the "editors" can make the same mistake so many times. I read many other blogs that have multiple editors but don't recall them ever making duplicate posts, certinaly nowhere near as many as Slashdot. It's not that bloody hard, surely?
Consumers don't just look at the price. And as far as the average consumer is concerned, Dell is just another computer, they don't know that Dell is the one creating low prices. Lowering prices is pretty much a standard thing, awayway, if it wasn't Dell, it would be someone else.
Basicly, as far as the consumer is concerned, low prices are not innovative product features.
To say that Jobs is the only person behind the sucess of Apple is not giving credit to the other people there. But to say that Jobs is just a PR figure for Apple is just as bad.
One would have thought that after 50 or so years of professional surveying, that the survey industry would know how to carry out a survey and how to explain the privacy implications to their subjects by now.
I doubt the average iPod owner is more knowledge about the RIAA situation in the first place compared the generally more tech-savy customers of other players.
Why is it that people just post anything now days, rather than think about it first? It seems as if you have simply posted for the sake of it.
If you think that CLI is the closest thing to an intuitive interface, I'm sorry, but you're really not at all qualified say what makes an intuitive user interface. CLI is not intuitive. Surely I don't need to explain why?
I though it was a 110-240v AC input PSU. That would be impressive. But a 12v DC input? Doesn't seem very impressive to me. My RC heli's speed controller takes a ~12v input and puts out 4.8v aswell as being an efficiant MOSFET speed controller and it's about the size of 2 AAA batteries. An ATX PSU doesn't strike me as being that much more complex. I could be wrong.
Cars are complex machines, yet auto maufactures have managed to put some sence of consistency and intuitivness into their controls. Many people get stressed out in traffic jams, but you don't normally hear complains about the controls. Yeah, computers are much more complex to interact with by nature, but Apple and others have showen that it can be made easier if maufactures are willing to put in the effort.
Probably, and I think the point that you are overlooking is that it may cause smokers to smoke more, not nessesarily cause non-smokers to start smoking.
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Acrobat or Acrobat Reader?
One of the main reasons people don't care about GIMP, isn't just the questionably poor usability. It's still the features. Last time I check, things such as the ability to group layers, advanced typographical control, adjustable object effects, and color modes, were still far behind Photoshop.
Even in photography, I still find the GIMP lacking. The lack of LAB mode, which I often use, is one example.
The GIMP is a good project, and it sure has it's uses, but it's still far away from a Photoshop replacment for many people. It's like saying that MySQL is a suitable replacment for Oracles's top-of-the-line DB. For some; sure, for others; no F'n way.
If they did that, then you'd probably accuse them of being evil sell-outs for treating corporations differently to other spammers. Google just did what they have always been very clear about: Try and manupulate your search results, and you may get delisted.
I smell a lawsuit.
Would you have prefer it if someone search for "BMW Germany" that they got a whole lot of German porn links?
It all seems a bit of a let down to me. I think I'd rather play on a flight simulator, watch aerobatics, or watch Alan Szabo Jr. hammer the crap out of an RC heli only 1m above the ground.
I've always thought about having car-like races with RC planes, flying low to the ground, around and over objets etc. So I guess I was expecting something like that when I heard of this. Of course, treating full-scale aircraft in such a way did seem a bit to insane to be true.
Not just deaf people, but also people who want to use big, power hungery headphones. I sometimes use my over-ear headphones, and notice I have to turn the volume up to get the same level as my in-ear buds.
It could be argued that a mall isn't a public place, but rather a private place that has a non-verbal agreement to the terms of entry.
Those little spy cameras aren't going to take very good photos if you need to take a picture of something far away. Best just to pretend that you're a tourist and openly snap away with a decent camera.
Err... How exactly is this a double standard?
I hope he makes up for it by helping remove the DRM stick lodged up Sony's ass.
I guess he's never been to the beach before. He's probably a tad sexually repressed, too.
So, by your deffinition, Mozart is not a genius, and I, who sit around not doing that much at the moment, am a genius?
Don't worry, it's just more, half-baked UI ideas from programmers who couldn't design a GUI to interact a way out of a paper bag.
I never used to have anything against the editors, but they seem to have gotten more unprofessional over time. Usually it's the opposite.
GUI is intuitive because you move around the mouse and manipluate things with it like you would do in real life. So, for instance, to scroll down a page, you drag a bar. To adjust the volume, you move a slider. To move a file to a different folder, you drag its icon onto the folder. If you want to do this on a CLI, you need to know the commands. If you don't know the commands, you can't do jack shit, and it is therefore the opposite of inuitive. I don't know of any cases in real life where I need to type a command to adjust the volume on my stereo. Not everyone knows how to type, anyway.
What do you do for a living, BTW?
It's a perfect analogy, actually. Your average computer user simply doesn't give a fuck about the inner workings of their computer, the way many people don't give a fuck about the inner workings of their car. And wether it's tech support or a mechanic, they don't care what the problem was, or how you solved it, just that you fixed it and that it isn't going to cost too much.
Many of us are just so baffled as to how the hell the "editors" can make the same mistake so many times. I read many other blogs that have multiple editors but don't recall them ever making duplicate posts, certinaly nowhere near as many as Slashdot. It's not that bloody hard, surely?
Basicly, as far as the consumer is concerned, low prices are not innovative product features.
To say that Jobs is the only person behind the sucess of Apple is not giving credit to the other people there. But to say that Jobs is just a PR figure for Apple is just as bad.
I doubt the average iPod owner is more knowledge about the RIAA situation in the first place compared the generally more tech-savy customers of other players.
Why is it that people just post anything now days, rather than think about it first? It seems as if you have simply posted for the sake of it.
If you think that CLI is the closest thing to an intuitive interface, I'm sorry, but you're really not at all qualified say what makes an intuitive user interface. CLI is not intuitive. Surely I don't need to explain why?
I though it was a 110-240v AC input PSU. That would be impressive. But a 12v DC input? Doesn't seem very impressive to me. My RC heli's speed controller takes a ~12v input and puts out 4.8v aswell as being an efficiant MOSFET speed controller and it's about the size of 2 AAA batteries. An ATX PSU doesn't strike me as being that much more complex. I could be wrong.
Cars are complex machines, yet auto maufactures have managed to put some sence of consistency and intuitivness into their controls. Many people get stressed out in traffic jams, but you don't normally hear complains about the controls. Yeah, computers are much more complex to interact with by nature, but Apple and others have showen that it can be made easier if maufactures are willing to put in the effort.
Probably, and I think the point that you are overlooking is that it may cause smokers to smoke more, not nessesarily cause non-smokers to start smoking.