Part of the problem with Opensource software vs. Apple software is that the Opensource community doesn't have the right people. Apple has UI Interaction engineers, designers, etc because they hired them to do that job specifically and this really shows in their UI. Most KDE apps look like the UI was "designed" (more like "assembled" rather than "designed") by the developer strictly as a one-to-one mapping between the underlying feature and one UI widget. That sucks! The Opensource community predominantly has hard-core programmers who don't care a lot about these "soft" elements which is what is required to create great consumer facing apps.
I was a long-time Linux user - used Linux pretty much throughout my time at NUS. I switched to a Mac about an year back. Bought an iPhone (1st gen) when it came out. Frankly I would have done this much earlier but I didn't have money to do so as a student :) Linux on a desktop is not that far-fetched. But one thing seriously led me to switch to a Mac - configuring dual-screens and getting that setup to work without restarting KDE/GNOME in Linux is a hassle. Cummulatively, I think I've wasted 2 weeks of my life doing just that. The same thing is true with Linux on a phone. I had the Qtopia GreenPhone with me for a while. The phone had the most hideous UI ever. Compiling custom kernels was cool and all, but it wasn't useable as a regular phone! Linux and Opensource software will never get to the Apple standards unless designers, interaction engineers join us. Maybe companies like Redhat or SuSE can help out here by hiring them initially. But they probably won't because they care more about their server market because that's where their money is. So until then, I would give up my principles and whore myself to Apple. Thank you. On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Ray Rashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's just one big sin. You know for a fact that it's bad, but it's also > good..for your pleasure. You know you're being the loser, but it never > bothers you because you don't mind being the loser as long as the pleasure > is there. > > I think I just summarised an Apple user. > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > -- Harish Mallipeddi http://circos.com : http://poundbang.in
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