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F Baube wrote on Fri, 8 Feb 2002 about following:
> > > helper apps. Not to mention basic word processing, easy email client,
> >
> > getting on to "evolution" and "sylpheed" - and i'd say a lot of people
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> text mode rules. IMHO gui for email is a BAD idea !
yes, i prefer pine by myself.
> > and kde are both aiming towards looking like windows - which isn't
> > basically bad, but just makes me feel that have they really thought if
> > its actually good. of course it's easier to learn for people who've been
> > using windows - but is it really usable.
>
> do you mean looking like windows or working like windows ?
well - both. ok i think MS has wasted a lot of money on usability tests
at some point when they have started to design the current windows GUI -
which actually isn't bad - but in my opinion it has only gotten worse
since windows 95 - which is probably the simplest gui they have
produced.
so why not try to find an alternative to the current trend.
> both Gnome and KDE _look_ like the Windows desktop. I have have no
> problem with it.
(have you seen windows XP? it's total mess.. )
> do you use something much different ?
yeah, i prefer olvwm - very simple and small window manager. (why does
everyone tell me to get a life when i mention olvwm) and windowmaker is
quite ok too. blackbox isn't bad but they changed few things that made
it less usable(for me). like it's not possible to switch virtual
desktops with alt-right|left anymore.
i like using mouse, but as i said earlier, it's nice to just be able to
use keyboard as much as possible. mouse is nice with internet browser,
or perhaps some games. and pushing the pointer around to select which
app has the focus.. :)
sakke
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there has been like 5000 acid house records after that and nobody made it like
pierre, pierre did it in a musical way that followed the mood of the song,
everybody else just turned knobs.
- marshall jefferson, about phuture's "acid trax"
