On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:10:08 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ron minnich) wrote: > On 2/26/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > plan 9 is having trouble keeping the converted. why would > > adding one more layer of goo to the gnu goo stack convert > > the hardened of heart? > > Because the first thing that most people say when I show them rio is > 'yuck'. And, in most cases, they don't stop saying 'yuck'.Acme does > not help. > > Sorry, but most people hate the Plan 9 GUI. It is off-putting enough > that they are not that interested in seeing the beauty of it all. > > It seems a shame to keep losing people because of one aspect of Plan > 9. For me, anyway, rio is not the only piece of this system that is > important. In fact, for what i'm doing with it, rio does not matter at > all. > > I realize there are many differences of opinion on this issue ... > > thanks > ron
I am so glad to see I'm not alone on this issue. Much as I love plan9, to me Rio is just a very cumbersome and eye gouging way to view images, and it is undoubtedly why plan9 remains obscure.
