Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:42:34 +0000 | From | Robin Becker <> | Subject | Re: OFF TOPIC [was]Re: Linux needs control.exe |
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.961029001939.1873F-100000@brando>, Kevin M Bealer <kmb203@psu.edu> writes >On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Robin Becker wrote: > >(clip) >> Joe User often is as baffled by the terminology as anything else & a >> poorly designed GUI control panel won't help. I'm no fan of Billy, but >> Win 95 is nearly there. The distressing thing is that we're all > >Win 95 is simplified for the user: > >User: What does this configuration thing do? >You: It allows you to modify you settings, for networking, > hardware, protocols, ... >User: Whoa! Layman's terms, please! >You: It changes stuff. >User: That's what I'm looking for! What can it change? >You: This part change IP forwarding. It allows ... >User: Simplify, simplify! What can it do for ME? >You: Nothing, until you understand it. >User: Well it makes me uncomfortable. It looks so technical; > Get rid of it, I want a system *I* can understand. >You: But... >User: Hey, who's system is this anyway? >You: (... rm this, rm that, rm /etc/* ...) "All done." > >(clip) >> -- >> Robin Becker > >--kmb203@psu.edu---------------Debian/GNU--1.1---Linux--2.1.3--- > Develop free apps? http://www.jagunet.com/~braddock/fslu/org >----------------------------------------------------------------- >We believe that everything's getting better despite evidence to >the contrary. The evidence must be investigated. You can prove >anything with evidence. > -- Steve Turner, "Creed" > Agreed :) -- Robin Becker
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