On Wednesday, September 01, 2010 07:17:55 pm Frederik Nnaji wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 19:16, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you're using apt-get, then you aren't in the target audience Ayatana > > is designing for. > > I think the CLI is definitely part of an ordinary Ubuntu experience for > about 50% of Ubuntu users.. imagine getting workarounds from forums and > wiki sites into place without guiding the novice through the CLI for a few > commands.. > > Apart from that, getting the CLI dialogs right is an essential step in the > evolution of interface metaphors. The GUI is born in the CLI, if you ask > me..
Right is a function of the audience. I think that CLI package management users are more likely to be annoyed by excessively nanyish warnings from their package manager than helped by them. Scott K _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
