On 9/27/07, Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "when you copy-paste from a forum post or help dialog there is no > change of a typo provided the original command was vetted properly > (which I would assume to be the case if we put them in the docs)..." > > Well, yeah, but then you don't know what you're doing (not that most > people know when they are clicking things in a window, but they have the > feeling they do), which is the reason that is scary.
Exactly, it's scary because it's different and unfamiliar. Clicking is like a safety blanket for people because, in most cases, that's all they've ever done. So even when they have no clue what they're clicking on, they feel safe because the button metaphor is familiar. I'm just saying that we should make a serious effort to introduce people to a different metaphor rather than trying to maintain a huge repository of information about what to click in a given situation. The less complex things are the less likely there will be bugs. Not that they can't coexist to some extent, I think it's fair to say that anything involving editing a config file is fair-game for a gui because describing the gui in this case is easier than describing the CLI version (e.g. "look for the section labeled "foo", you might have to scroll up and down, it will be surrounding in brackets... etc."). -George -- ~ George T. Lesica [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu needs Guided Help https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
