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>Anyway, so at home I need mostly a web browser, irc client, email >client and IM (MSN/ICQ) client. For IM I tried both Gaim and also >AMSN. Amsn sucks UI wise and Gaim is good. I needed to install Gaim - >just that took me a week or so (just evenings) of downloading rpm's and sources. >A lot of dependencies and at some point I was just going to throw the >towel however I persisted. Now it is working - except that receiving >files does not work. > > 1) Amsn's interface is much nicer then gaim IMHO DV >> Personally I do not like Amsn's .. Guess the TCL/TK feel I do not really like (which BTW TCL/TK was yet another dependency to install separately:) >I still didn't try to connect by USB stick, my P800 or my Clie to my >RH9 ... Do not even know if such drivers exist for them, does USB work >well on Linux? I mean .. Is it really plug and play? I am scared of >trying them out ... > > Probably it will automount (at least on Mandrake it does).. but, of course, you'll have to keep logging in as root to use it... DV >> Security advocates will soon be saying that it is a security feature and so-on. VERY TRUE! However ..... A compromise has to exists, home users are HOME USERS! If security will be a stumbling block for them .. Than it is NOT a good compromise! Mind you .. I am NOT against security, I work in the security (anti-virus, hacking bla bla bla) industry myself BUT from my experiences .. It Is ALL about compromise. >The User Interface of linux applications is 'designed' by geek devs. >Sorry .. But in most cases, geek devs are good for development and not >for usability. Do any standards exists as how to program user >interfaces with usability in mind? > > KDE has standards, GNOME has standards. That's one of the problems - there should be just one standard (ala Windows). Geeks suck at UI. As for the comments below, I don't think Linux should mirror Windows. I wouldn't want to use a Linux distro that's made to look and feel like windows, I'd want a Linux distro that has an easy to use look and feel. DV >> Re look and feel! Yes .. Maybe you want to make it look different, fair enough, but that can still be done ... By tweaking the look and feel yourself. However .. Seasoned Windows users .. When migrating, they do not want to learn new stuff .. They want to continue working .. I suggest .. A default KDE installation should be EXACT look and feel of windows (especially dir structure view - abstracted) and then if a power user like yourself want to make it more Linux like .. Well you can tweak it yourself.!! This mail was checked for malicious code and viruses by GFI MailSecurity. GFI MailSecurity provides email content checking, exploit detection, threats analysis and anti-virus for Exchange & SMTP servers. Viruses, Trojans, dangerous attachments and offensive content are removed automatically. Key features include: multiple virus engines; email content and attachment checking; an exploit shield; an HTML threats engine; a Trojan & Executable Scanner; and more. In addition to GFI MailSecurity, GFI also produces the GFI MailEssentials anti-spam software, the GFI FAXmaker fax server & GFI LANguard network security product ranges. For more information on our products, please visit http://www.gfi.com. This disclaimer was sent by GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP.
