Ubuntu blues

[nuopus]

Martin Alderson Wrote: 
> [I do apolgize for this rant but it needs to get off my chest.]
> 
> Please do not say Windows is not 'working'. I use it as my primary
> desktop, because it:
> 
> a) Feels more familiar.
> b) Very stable (compared to GNOME, which has various crashes of
> nautilus multiple times a week).
> c) Allows me to run Windows Applications (mainly Visual Studio) and
> games (big issue here)
> d) Runs big opensource apps _better_ than Linux (eg: Firefox 1.0 took
> me about 45 seconds to install on Windows, took me about half an hour
> reading manuals and mailing lists to work out what the hell I should
> be doing with it, also OpenOffice works a lot better on Windows than
> Linux when it comes to printing and updating it).
>  
All of your points are purely semantic. The term intuitive when it
comes to Windows is pure BS. intuitive means of intuition ... instict
to use. If you have NEVER used MS Windows then you would NOT know that
the upper right closes the screen or would probably spend a long time
trying to install Firefox if you did not know about Windows and the
concept of icons and mouse clicks. Older people are not stupid ... they
just do not have prior experience to build upon.

For me, the command line is 10x more intuitive than clicking in MS
Windows because that is the environment that is the basis of MY
experiences. I find it EXTREMELY frustrating to have to take the mouse
to click several places .. navigate freaking drive letters ... click 10
million times just to do a SIMPLE task. I would MUCH rather keep my
fingers on the keyboard.

Firefox ... ohhh firefox. Takes a long time to install in Windows when
you take using the freaking mouse all the time. It only took me 5
seconds to get firefox installed in Linux.

Now, im not saying that you are stupid ... just have different
experiences.

Again, Windows is NOT easier or more INTUITIVE. It is only EASIER and
more INTUITIVE if you have those kinds of experiences in your
background. Lots of people raised on the console will agree that
clicking through menus is harder than just typing it out. More and more
kids are starting to use Linux as their first OS so the supposed
intuitiveness of Windows may diminish in the future.


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nuopus