Quoting "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > user levels don't work. the salient reasons: > > o there is no such thing as an advanced user or a beginner user. someone may > > be advanced in reading email but no nothing about managing file permissions > > or setting up their desktop panel. or visa versa. so you either end up with > > crippled apps or a fine grained control of userlevels, leading to just as > many options as you had before > > o it creates support nightmares (different people using different random > assortments of options) > > o people almost never gauge their own "level" correctly (either setting it > > too advanced or too simple) > > o it prevents people from learning advanced features. > > o there are other solutions that actually work. like good design.
You make a very good point. > this assumes that users who can't handle the concepts of the UNIX fs ever > need > to use it. how many normal users need really anything outside of ~/ ? I use Linux primarely as a desktop system, and I muck around in the file system lots of the time. Wether it's installing software in /usr or changing settings in /etc. Until there are GUI tools to do all these things, people will still have to navigate through their root file system. Jesse
