On Monday 10 March 2003 01:20 am, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 06:20, Brook Humphrey wrote:
> > Remember I'm not talking about computer savvy users here but by far the
> > majority of normal everyday business users who just think the computer is
> > a tool and if something is different it throws them off for weeks just to
> > figure it out. For these types of uses kde cant be beat. Gnome does have
> > it's place but for simplicity sake gnome is not it.
>
> Er, I don't quite understand that. This is exactly the segment GNOME is
> aiming at. By default it behaves rather more like Windows than KDE does
> (double-click is default, window behaviour is similar) and the whole
> philosophy of the 2.x series is to simplify things down as far as
> possible...can you back up the argument that KDE 3 is "simpler" than
> GNOME 2?
Well I would answer you but Jean Michael has done a better job of explaining.
Gnome is fine for more advanced users the kind on this list that is why you
guys don't see it but there are allot of users out there that think the
computer is like a toaster you just flip a button and it works. There is no
use explaining the difference between software and hardware because it's all
a computer right? If it wont start because windows is messed up they tell you
the system wont start and when asked they suggest that it simply doesn't turn
on when in reality windows only needs to be installed.
I'm not trying to start a war here it's just the facts. Allot of users are
barely competant to use even microsoft word let alone understand what is
going on with the system. So for all you power users out there go live it up
enjoy your gnome but don't ask me to install it by default for my business
users who can barely even turn a computer on much figure out all the setting
for the window manager. You guys unless you do the it stuff for some big
places really don't have any idea.
In finishing there are some outstanding gnome apps. Evolution, xchat, gftp,
and gaim comes to mind but until the ease of use is there for all their apps
it's not feasible. By the way I have both installed on my own system not that
it matters.
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