Today, Jeffry Smith gleaned this insight:
> Not arguing that a GUI is useful - I don't do EVERYTHING at the
> command line ;-). My point is, rather, that there never will be ONE
> right UI, so don't spend lots of time trying to determine the ONE UI,
> and don't build OS's that depend on ONE UI.
Fair enough... but I think the benefits of having a consistent "standard"
UI, with a multitude of optional UI's for those who need/want them,
outwiegh the benefits of the UI free-for-all that you seem to be in
support of. The practical problem is what to use as the standard, and
we've reasonably proven that we can't decide.
And I think the reason behind that is essentially what you're trying to
get at: That people are different, and no standard UI will be completely
acceptable to everyone. But that doesn't IMO refute the argument that
it's worthwhile to try...
--
You know that everytime I try to go where I really want to be,
It's already where I am, cuz I'm already there...
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