Re: [OT] linux desktop usability (was Re: [linux-audio-user] Opening up the discussion)

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Tue Jul 26 2005 - 20:10:19 EEST

On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 18:48 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Most people did never see that you can use Windows completely
> without a mouse.

Yup, unfortunately, these are exactly the people who write these "why
isn't the linux desktop usable yet" articles every 6 months or so.

Lee
Received on Wed Jul 27 00:15:04 2005

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