I liken linux to the tiptronic gearbox in my car. in one mode (gui-X) i put it in automatic and i have a finely tuned 5 speed automatic that is damned good at what it does.
in the other mode (console) I can manually change gear to my heart's content, and the car makes no assumptions for me (except it does prevent me from changing into first at 120 km/h). On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:48:52 +1200 Michael JasonSmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 14:08, Derek Smithies wrote: > > so is that why more and more cars seem to be automatic? > Because changing gear is not part of the user task (go faster), and > requires the user to know more about the system than necessary. Therefor > if the entire manual-gearbox can be replaced the user is generally > happier. > > However, I was making an analogy, and they always break be taken too > far. > -- > Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/ -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
