Why do people dislike Dolphin?

Steve Lamb grey at dmiyu.org
Tue Nov 4 07:52:06 UTC 2008


Brendan wrote:
> On Monday 03 November 2008, Steve Lamb wrote:
>> p.daniels wrote:
>>> Well, in defense of the decision (not the application itself, but the
>>> rationale of writing a new stand-alone file manager), Krusader is not for
>>> wussies. It's not what folks are accustomed to. You have to learn stuff.
>>> You might even have to Read The Friendly Manual. I'm being
>>> tongue-in-cheek here, but it's true.
>>     I may be showing my inner curmudgeon but tell those people to toughen
>> up. Krusader pretty much mirrors MC which itself harkens back to Norton
>> Commander on DOS which itself was created to *simplify* managing files. 
>> It's days like this that putting head into drawer and slamming repeatedly
>> looks so appealing. *sigh*

> mechanics. Those, like you, look at the toolbox and say "Gee, that's a lot to 
> learn and I don't wanna, so I'll insult the toolbox."

[snippage]

> And if that is all you have to add, my advice to you is: slam harder.

    Uh, Brendon, where did I slam Krusader in there?  Hint, read my first
sentence in the context of what the previous author wrote and you'll find that
you've just insulted the choir.  :P

-- 
         Steve C. Lamb         | But who can decide what they dream
       PGP Key: 1FC01004       |      and dream I do
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