Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 08:38 +1000, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
>
>>there is nothing wrong with this, indeed it is the
>>sort of expectation that is currently being pushed in the wider
>>community.
>
>
> And, just as important, it's not incompatible with keeping the system
> "power user friendly". Currently the people who have the most trouble
> with the Linux desktop are not the novices, it's the power users coming
> from OSX and Windows, the type of people who can browse the web and
> answer email for hours on a Windows machine without ever touching the
> mouse, because what frustrates these users more than anything is an
> inconsistent UI which the Linux desktop has in spades.
>
> Right now we do a very good job catering to both the novice and the UNIX
> guru, who can switch between the GUI and command line effortlessly. But
> for many of those in between it's still a usability nightmare, because
> it's still not possible for a power user to make full use the Linux
> desktop without occasionally resorting to the command line.
>
> For example try to use tab and the arrow keys to move the focus between
> widgets in a GTK app. You will find the behavior is completely baffling
> and inconsistent, for example a different series of tab/shift-tab/arrows
> to cycle forward 5 widgets vs. going backward. This type of thing will
> cause a Windows user to laugh out loud and tell you to get a real OS.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
This may not be a usual scenario, and may not be the type of power-user
to which you refer, but is one I have come across. The MS certified
network/sysadmins at a firm I previously worked for, with a network of
approx 650 windowsNT4/XP PCs did the bulk of running/configuring that
network via the command line. Mainly because it was quicker and more
efficient. Things may have changed in the last couple of years
robin
Received on Tue Jul 26 04:15:18 2005
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