Do you mean "current case?" Preview is your friend.
It's silly, really, to claim that Windows has some sort of UI or usability advantage over Linux or *BSD or any other OS. As you said, these are people who aren't used to any computing at all.
I bought my old grandmother, who had never owned a computer, a Linux PC. She has no problem whatsoever using it - she can run KDE and all she really needs to do are run the Mozilla and KMail programs, which she learned fairly quickly.
The truth is, when you're teaching a person how to use a system, much more important than the perceived usability of the system are:
A) What's the former experience of the trainee? If they've used Windows mostly, they'll be used to Windows. If it's Linux, or MacOS, they'll be used to those. I often have trouble using Windows or MacOS X because I'm so used to X-style cut-n-paste, terminals, etc.
But if they know nothing about computers, MacOS and Windows and Linux will all be just as alien to them.
B) What programs are they using? Most people use a mail client, a browser, and a word processor. The main thing you need to consider for these people is the ease-of-use of the actual programs they use (not the OS, not the UI) and teaching them how to get to those programs.
> Yes, yes, yes, I agree that the government is
> doing all those "bad" things -- but for heavens
> sake, HOW ELSE can the government bring to
> justice those who commit crimes in the worse
> imaginable form?
The problem here is not the fact that they're being detained. It's that they're being detained *without counsel* and *in secret*; also, many of these detainees are being selected for being Arab foreigners, not for any crime they may have committed.
We give our criminals the right to an attorney, as well as a trial. Hell, convicted felons have been set free when that right is violated. We should give these detainees the same rights.
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"don't have computers in the currest case"
Do you mean "current case?" Preview is your friend.
It's silly, really, to claim that Windows has some sort of UI or usability advantage over Linux or *BSD or any other OS. As you said, these are people who aren't used to any computing at all.
I bought my old grandmother, who had never owned a computer, a Linux PC. She has no problem whatsoever using it - she can run KDE and all she really needs to do are run the Mozilla and KMail programs, which she learned fairly quickly.
The truth is, when you're teaching a person how to use a system, much more important than the perceived usability of the system are:
A) What's the former experience of the trainee? If they've used Windows mostly, they'll be used to Windows. If it's Linux, or MacOS, they'll be used to those. I often have trouble using Windows or MacOS X because I'm so used to X-style cut-n-paste, terminals, etc.
But if they know nothing about computers, MacOS and Windows and Linux will all be just as alien to them.
B) What programs are they using? Most people use a mail client, a browser, and a word processor. The main thing you need to consider for these people is the ease-of-use of the actual programs they use (not the OS, not the UI) and teaching them how to get to those programs.
Again, just my 2,000 Argentine pesos...
> Yes, yes, yes, I agree that the government is
> doing all those "bad" things -- but for heavens
> sake, HOW ELSE can the government bring to
> justice those who commit crimes in the worse
> imaginable form?
The problem here is not the fact that they're being detained. It's that they're being detained *without counsel* and *in secret*; also, many of these detainees are being selected for being Arab foreigners, not for any crime they may have committed.
We give our criminals the right to an attorney, as well as a trial. Hell, convicted felons have been set free when that right is violated. We should give these detainees the same rights.