Anil Gulecha writes: > Hi Korey, > > On 7/30/07, Korey Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The frustrating part is that it doesn't need to be this way. We now have > > the technology to make the command line obsolete. Combo boxes and check > > marks and tool tips could open up a world of features to the general user. > > Simple, intuitive interfaces would also allow the best tool for the job to > > be chosen, instead of the most familiar. Making it simple enough for the > > non-Technical Elite makes it simple enough for all. > > FWIW, I agree with you, but this is where I would expect a lot in this > community to disagree with you..
Except for a few outliers, I doubt that. I think I'm one of the command-line geeks this message refers to somewhat indirectly. My idea of a "GUI" is still twm with xterms and emacs windows, and I wouldn't really want to have it any other way. Just the same, I think having an environment available that can hide all of that away and that is robust enough that it's able to do so when things are going wrong would be great. I just suspect that it's far harder (read: expensive) to make that work in any reliable way than most would suppose. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
