Hi,
"the masses will never be ready for computers" is, I think, a copout,
as it allows
us programmers to get "lazy" and not strive for user interfaces that all
can use.
Consider the automobile. It has relatively few controls, and almost
anybody can drive one.
There is a stop button, a "go" button, a start button, a direction
button, and a couple of indicator switches.
No knowledge of how the engine works is required. The car will run
reliably for hundreds of thousands of kms.
With complete absence of care (no oil changes for example) it will run
for years. With no water in the radiator,
it will still run (that was a mazda - it did stop at the lights, but the
engine could be restarted and it would carry on).
Compare that to the cars of yesteryear. You had levers for adjusting the
timing, the choke, the gears (and it was a
bit tricky to change gears as there was no synchromesh) and had to some
real knowledge of the car to make it work.
You even had to start it with a crank handle. Every few thousand miles,
the head had to be removed and the valves ground. The drivers of cars in
1920 would shake their heads in dismay when they look at us.
So when I see controls disappearing from applications and going into the
system (like alsa->pulse) it is the same as
what happened in the auto industry. Controls are removed from the users
(cause they are dangerous) and
handled in a consistent and sane fashion by the OS.
((Hopefully this wil spark some life into this maillist)).
Derek.
On 19/05/12 09:08, Ryan McCoskrie wrote:
The real issue is that the masses will never be ready for computers.
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