On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 05:03:56PM +0100, 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users wrote: > On Tuesday, 28 November 2017 14:18:44 CET cooloutac wrote: > > Of course many feel Qubes is for more advanced users, and apparently that > > will become a self fulfilling prophecy in version 4. > > Looking at the (lack of) UI tools at this time, you can be excused thinking > this. I personally think its a focus issue. The core devs are good at > security, and that is where their focus is. > The people behind Qubes don't have to focus on usability, though. They can > focus on an awesome core while others focus on tooling. > > I'd love to help write some great user interfaces that improve upon the > Qubes supplied ones (which is a low bar), and do that in an open source > manner which help improve the usability for everyone. > As long as I don't have to use python, so the only thing we really need is a > good interface which is language-agnostic. > Hi Tom
>From my experience with less advanced users, the last thing they want is more tooling, and more UI tools. What they want is a system where the intricacy is completely hidden, with a simple menu that leads them by the nose to the right qubes. I think I must be missing your point - it might be clearer if you gave examples of tasks that these user interfaces would serve. cheers unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20171130023035.fci6opvbr75rlpn7%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
