I don't know exactly when Eben Moglen was mentioned in this thread before, but I took a class from him this year.
One thing he mentioned that really stuck with me is that he thought of Windows and like GUI's as "caveman" interfaces. Essentially, you get things done most often by a "point and grunt" system. He argued that computers and people can be more intelligent than that, and that speech is a good way to start - more words, less grunting.
I've never used Linux, but when he showed me how he typed in the name of the program he wanted to use, as opposed to searching and grunting at it, I was like wow. Back when I had an Apple II, that was how things got done, and to a certain extent, it is more elegant. Funny how mediocre but pervasive GUI's can make you forget about better solutions.
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I don't know exactly when Eben Moglen was mentioned in this thread before, but I took a class from him this year. One thing he mentioned that really stuck with me is that he thought of Windows and like GUI's as "caveman" interfaces. Essentially, you get things done most often by a "point and grunt" system. He argued that computers and people can be more intelligent than that, and that speech is a good way to start - more words, less grunting. I've never used Linux, but when he showed me how he typed in the name of the program he wanted to use, as opposed to searching and grunting at it, I was like wow. Back when I had an Apple II, that was how things got done, and to a certain extent, it is more elegant. Funny how mediocre but pervasive GUI's can make you forget about better solutions.