<snip!> > ooooppps sorry i have a friend whose nickname is ching... i guess it > just popped-out of my mind ... some involuntary action of my fingers > dictated by my subconscious > *laughs* You and another friend of mine both have friends whose nickname is, well, Ching. He ends up calling me Ching too... O_o;
<snip!> > >> > >>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. > > yeah... i observed that too ... it's funny that others would prefer > several browsers open than tabbed browsing > See? Gyaaah... But, then again, each to his/her own. We all have our quirks. > but if it's force of habit maybe we can force people the otherway around *laughs* Hmmmm. Maybe Jedi mind tricks would work? :P Kidding of course. > if ppl just don't have any choice... but this will have consequence for > the start (i think maybe some symptoms of withdrawal ;) )... some > irritable behaviour of you patrons and thousands of complaints but then > maybe they will come-around when they see that there are minimal > downtime and all desktops are always available for use ...nah... these > are just thoughts... things would be more complicated than these Yeah, I think that things would be more complicated than these. Talking to a lot of them is tough. At least there were three who were helping me out by sharing their experiences with Linux desktops. It's just that it's tougher now that I realized that not all of them are used to computers, period. <snip!> -- 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
