Hi, Sarah! =) On 6/17/05, Sarah Escandor-Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi ching, > Errr, I prefer to be called Clair =) Ching is my surname so it seems too formal to be called by surname.
> Clair Ching wrote: > > Hi, everyone! > > > > Has anyone given much thought to user interfaces? I don't know but > > some people at work seemed to turn away from using Knoppix because of > > the UI. > > > > http://clair.free.net.ph/111 > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > usability i think is pretty important... specially to people who just > want to accomplish certain tasks in their computer... maybe even if it > doesnt look the same way as an M$ desktop as soon as ppl see how easy it > is to run the app they want i don't think ppl will care much... it's True true. But you know, I know some people who just fall back into using IE even though Firefox, Mozilla and/or Opera are available. Why? Force of habit, is what they tell me. And if they have only Firefox, they won't use the tabbed browsing! Can you imagine? Anyhow, that is something that bothers me. > like this 6 year-old nephew of mine... he's hooked into computer because > he gets to play the weiner-bus games or all sorts of online kids > games... he doesn't care whatever computer he uses at home as long as he > has access to a browser and surprisingly he's more used to using mozilla > and knows that mozilla is a little different from mozilla-firefox (he'd > say it's mozilla with a fox ;) )... so sometimes he would bug me and ask That's pretty cute. I want to see your nephew in action ;) Maybe I'd get insights and inspiration by observing him play on your laptop. > to play at my laptop that is a mandrake with an icewm (i customized my > toolbar such that commonly used apps is only a click away) and he'd know > immediately what to do he'd just click this familiar looking icon that > is mozilla-firefox in the toolbar and in a second... he's already > playing that javascript-based app. it's just a pity coz some apps that > he plays are asp-based so i shove him away to that M$ desktop of my sister. > Ah. There's that. > --sarah > > > > Thanks! > > > -- Clair Ching librarian, bookworm, information gatherer, anime fan, linux newbie http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
