We're not asking to emulate Microsoft, but instead emulate (or invent independently) a smooth user interface as defined by the users themselves. Which is apparently such a simple concept that nobody seems able to grok it.
It may not be as simple as all that. Yesterday I went to my aunt's house to help her, since her AOL wasn't working right, and the three printed pages of instructions that tech support gave her may as well have been written in Phoenician.
She showed me how the startup was normal, but the "pictures" on the desktop seemed bigger, and when she fired up AOL, the background (default clouds) went "psychedelic." I took ten seconds to go into display settings, up her resolution, and bump the colours up from 256.
The point is, a smooth user interface is not some point to be reached where we can sit back and say "yes, this is it." These concepts of resolution and palettes are so nebulous that it can be very difficult for "normal" people (i.e. not/. readers) to describe properly what they're seeing, and how it's something different from what they encountered last night, when they last checked their email.
I think I understand what you're getting at, and I agree that there needs to be an evolution towards better user interfaces, but I'm not sure that a one-size-fits-all smooth, intuitive GUI can even exist. Some people like KDE, and turn everything on. Some people go straight to Blackbox. I use KMail; others swear by Mutt.
Until we get to a point where programs can ask "Do you want more options or fewer? Do you want clicky stuff, or do you consider a pointer to be the method for switching between xterms?" we'll continue to muddle along trying to balance the needs of the people who want to "do email" and those who want 3D overlapping alpha-transparent Everything, with sound.
There really are no simple answers. There are certainly better options than others, but determining what constitutes the perfect GUI is a pipe dream, because all users are different, and there are too (damn) many of them (grumble grumble).
Since when is counterfeiting equated with terrorism? What's next, Adobe refusing to import pictures of weed (ahh, lovely weed) into PS because everybody knows that's how terrorists make their money to pay for licenses?
Maybe you want to use it in a project. Maybe you collect money. Maybe you want to sell it on eBay. There are a million different reasons, and throwing that legitimate in there is pretty dumb. Why should 99% of law-abiding citizens care about cameras in the streets?
That was a switch from one of the big parking companies, IIRC. Thousands of domains all changed at once. It's one of those things that fits into the "how do we measure this" decision. If a website in the middle of the forest doesn't have an index, is it still counted?
That's an interesting idea - you can have any PIN you want, as long as it's a substring of Pi. If you don't want someone stealing your code, learn more numbers! Plus, having people memorize long sequences of random numbers would have the obvious benefit of, um, uhh... well, it wouldn't be much different than what we have now, anyway.
"Yeah, I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway. If I hadn't, someone else would have." I cannot believe that an adult would even field such an answer in public, much less accept its veracity.
I feel sorry for you. You're proposing that someone quit a job they have and enter this employment climate right now? That's a laugh. Must be nice to have such strong morals.
Where do you buy your food? What do you eat? What kind of clothing do you wear? Where is it made? What do you do with your old computers? Do you think about what happens to them after they leave your sight? What kind of car do you drive? What kind of mileage does it get?
I can't imagine you've even considered those questions, since the answers would undoubtedly knock you off your holier-than-thou perch.
..and those of us who have chosen ethically in the past, even to our own financial disadvantage, quite rightly look down on those who do not.
I have the island, but it's within the Canadian border, so we'd have to secede. Believe me, I've thought about it. You know what diplomats pay for liquor?
Why the hell not? It's his money, not yours. If you think there's enough demand for OO.o on C64 (or whatever), and you want it that bad, put up some money and see what happens. Criticizing what other people think is important enough to spend money on is pretty lame.
Maybe if first prize was a million bucks or something. I tend to doubt that a root access prize on some random box will really affect Linus's decision on when to release.
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I like when you bring up Task Manager and then try to end a dead task, which turns into a 30-second pause before a window pops up saying "This program is not responding." Uhh, yeah, that's why I want to kill it. Very helpful.
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We're not asking to emulate Microsoft, but instead emulate (or invent independently) a smooth user interface as defined by the users themselves. Which is apparently such a simple concept that nobody seems able to grok it.
/. readers) to describe properly what they're seeing, and how it's something different from what they encountered last night, when they last checked their email.
It may not be as simple as all that. Yesterday I went to my aunt's house to help her, since her AOL wasn't working right, and the three printed pages of instructions that tech support gave her may as well have been written in Phoenician.
She showed me how the startup was normal, but the "pictures" on the desktop seemed bigger, and when she fired up AOL, the background (default clouds) went "psychedelic." I took ten seconds to go into display settings, up her resolution, and bump the colours up from 256.
The point is, a smooth user interface is not some point to be reached where we can sit back and say "yes, this is it." These concepts of resolution and palettes are so nebulous that it can be very difficult for "normal" people (i.e. not
I think I understand what you're getting at, and I agree that there needs to be an evolution towards better user interfaces, but I'm not sure that a one-size-fits-all smooth, intuitive GUI can even exist. Some people like KDE, and turn everything on. Some people go straight to Blackbox. I use KMail; others swear by Mutt.
Until we get to a point where programs can ask "Do you want more options or fewer? Do you want clicky stuff, or do you consider a pointer to be the method for switching between xterms?" we'll continue to muddle along trying to balance the needs of the people who want to "do email" and those who want 3D overlapping alpha-transparent Everything, with sound.
There really are no simple answers. There are certainly better options than others, but determining what constitutes the perfect GUI is a pipe dream, because all users are different, and there are too (damn) many of them (grumble grumble).
Ahh, thank you. I've changed it's info now, so it should be fine.
Being a compassionate conservative means your heart goes out to the losers, but you don't let it keep you up at night.
Since when is counterfeiting equated with terrorism? What's next, Adobe refusing to import pictures of weed (ahh, lovely weed) into PS because everybody knows that's how terrorists make their money to pay for licenses?
Maybe you want to use it in a project. Maybe you collect money. Maybe you want to sell it on eBay. There are a million different reasons, and throwing that legitimate in there is pretty dumb. Why should 99% of law-abiding citizens care about cameras in the streets?
200 hundred years, brutha! That's from before agriculture! SCO is fucked!
I'll let it go this time, but don't do it again. "Nazis" should really be capitalized though.
This item will be released on 31 December, 2004.
Sweet!
Please note that release dates are subject to change.
Aww...
That was a switch from one of the big parking companies, IIRC. Thousands of domains all changed at once. It's one of those things that fits into the "how do we measure this" decision. If a website in the middle of the forest doesn't have an index, is it still counted?
http://heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5 478,8244347%255E1702,00.html
I be gettin' mah cash money from the ATM machine, biznatch.
That's an interesting idea - you can have any PIN you want, as long as it's a substring of Pi. If you don't want someone stealing your code, learn more numbers! Plus, having people memorize long sequences of random numbers would have the obvious benefit of, um, uhh... well, it wouldn't be much different than what we have now, anyway.
"Yeah, I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway. If I hadn't, someone else would have." I cannot believe that an adult would even field such an answer in public, much less accept its veracity.
..and those of us who have chosen ethically in the past, even to our own financial disadvantage, quite rightly look down on those who do not.
I feel sorry for you. You're proposing that someone quit a job they have and enter this employment climate right now? That's a laugh. Must be nice to have such strong morals.
Where do you buy your food? What do you eat? What kind of clothing do you wear? Where is it made? What do you do with your old computers? Do you think about what happens to them after they leave your sight? What kind of car do you drive? What kind of mileage does it get?
I can't imagine you've even considered those questions, since the answers would undoubtedly knock you off your holier-than-thou perch.
Give me a fucking break.
I have the island, but it's within the Canadian border, so we'd have to secede. Believe me, I've thought about it. You know what diplomats pay for liquor?
Why the hell not? It's his money, not yours. If you think there's enough demand for OO.o on C64 (or whatever), and you want it that bad, put up some money and see what happens. Criticizing what other people think is important enough to spend money on is pretty lame.
Maybe if first prize was a million bucks or something. I tend to doubt that a root access prize on some random box will really affect Linus's decision on when to release.
The finding of a signal with non-natural origins, such as broadcasts would be on of the major scientific breakthroughs of the century.
Right up there with eBay and the Segway? s/the century/all time/
Every imaginable aspect of human existence would be instantly changed. Religion is the obvious first example.
Pedantry != funny
The only thing that is somewhat difficult is right-dragging; but that's something you do not need to do often.
How difficult? I right-drag all the time with mouse gestures, so I'd hate to lose that. I find touchpads difficult in that regard too.
I said yesterday, Groklaw (a *LAW* site) was not an authority on computer attacks.
Whatever. That's like saying Slashdot isn't any kind of authority on the legal sys- oh, wait...
Pro-MACs on my left
Yeah, both of 'em. *chortle*
The green ones in the little picture.
And as far as the SSID goes, if you can snoop for the SSID what does it matter what the value is? Default or otherwise.
I mostly agree with you, except that a default SSID may or may not be an indicator of some other default settings, like the router password, say.
It's ok. Smart bombs only kill bad people.
I like when you bring up Task Manager and then try to end a dead task, which turns into a 30-second pause before a window pops up saying "This program is not responding." Uhh, yeah, that's why I want to kill it. Very helpful.