-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > So, you like horridly pixilated text, awkward and inconsistent use of mouse > and keyboard for commands and activities, and a system that crashes with > the slightest provocation over modern alternatives?
You are talking about Windows here, I presume? > Also, don't be so quick to disparage Fischer-Price. They make toys for > infants and children that the infants and children are actually able to > figure out and enjoy. Would you not think that takes some creative design > and engineering? I think making toys for children is fairly easy. I don't think Fish Price has all that much of an R&D budget. > Correction: Apple first popularized the GUI in the computer market, but by > no means were they the first to invent it. Windows XP's default GUI is by > far more toy-like than anything I've seen, and includes a BIG. GREEN. > START. BUTTON. That start button then pops out the most insidiously ugly, > obtusely-layed-out menu that I've ever had the displeasure to use. Definitely true. But MS puts a lot of research into these things. I suspect that button is green for a reason. > To say Windows 1.0 is more usable than _anything_ is an eggregious > exaggeration. Nobody found it useable. It was laughed off the market. > So, comparing today's Mac OS X's GUI to Windows 1.0 simply tells me you > simply don't care about well-reasoned comparisons. YOU. JUST. HATE. APPLE. Winderz 1.0 was definitely unusable. But I don't know if he just hates apple. I just can't get over the bang for the buck argument where I think x86 really shines. You can't argue with the benefits of mass production on cost. > Gregory "I'm sinking deeper into the mud and there's nobody here to help me" Here, hold this anvil for me for a minute... - -- Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFClC2A9PIYKZYVAq0RAl/xAJ4x4Yq9C+2skLsEW2IcGBbCan3i4QCfUKnq NRQVCZyfJSwrYspwI4mJ0Yc= =4CcB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
