Re: Running vs starting apps

[Alan <alan ufies org>]

On 24-Nov-2000 Calum Benson wrote:
>> "sims" interface (mentioned earlier by delmar I belive).  I'm not saying use
>> *the* sims interface, but just something totally new like that.
> 
> Microsoft Bob, anyone?  :o)

Well, make something new and make it *not* suck ass :)

Of course, on the other hand I sort of like the complexity of *nix....
something complicated shouldn't be point and click IMHO, which is why I use
linux and not macos or windows (there's probably something inherantly male
about liking complicated things and fighting through them to make things work,
but I digress..).

It has a lot to do with familiarity.... if you know how to deal with things
like titlebars, windows, window closing and minimizing as 99% of computer users
are used to when in a GUI, a radical change won't really be quick to appear
since everyine is comfortable doing things the "old" way.  It would be
interesting to take someone who has NEVER used a computer before and find out
how they would interact with a machine.  Not how would they deal with windows
or documents, but how would they interact and what would they use it for.  Just
a thought :)  I'm sure tests like this have occured before.  

There's also the star trek universe way of dealing with computers.  Not
interacting with them but just using them for information.  

Oh well, time to work anyway :)

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