Alan DuBoff wrote:
> On Monday 07 August 2006 10:24 pm, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > This is really strange, so you like the hard to memorize options from > cdrw? > > Well, it does not support many of them.... tell me how you would design > a > > program that supports nearly 100 options without using long options. > > I would change the interface, and use something graphical, which could > display > those in a more readable and managable form. I'm not saying that you > should > get rid of the CLI, quite the opposite if folks want to use it. > > However, the very fact that the majority of users of cdrecord probably use > a > GUI front end might provide some type of silent feedback to you. > > Think about it, programs like X-ripper, Arson, or K3b are proof that most > users might not be good at remembering 170 options for a program. Nobody needs to do this (nor is reading the man-page actually required more than once): The cdrecord-CLI itself does provide _enough_ self-documentation. Users who have a problem with that might consider migrating to another platform. Martin _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
