Re: Limbo-list digest, Vol 1 #468 - 4 msgs
Chris Harrington <[email protected]>
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> ATTACHMENT part 3.1 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:39:57 -0500 > From: Thomas Dodd <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: UI design [was Owen Taylor's paper] > > > > John wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 September 2002 12:12, Jef Spaleta > wrote: > > > >>So how do you successfully balance choice compared > to consistency? > >>Ripping out all the kde native apps is certainly > too much to sacrifice > >> > > > > > > The developers of the major DTEs need to adopt > common standards. Those > > standards should respect the point that about 95% > of users of desktop > > computers run Windows, and so differ from Windows > only when there's a clearly > > good reason to do so. > I've seldom seen a reason to follow windows as an > example > of anything good. > > > Not everything about Windows is good, I don't > think the basic design of the > > Windows UI is the best around, but the fact is > that most people most likely > > to come to Linux are currently using Windows. > > So what about those of us who came to Linux from > somewhere else? > > Just change it, and make *US* relearn things? > I know where the dialogs are on the apps I use, and > I know what > they are for. Nowe you want to change that, to copy > some "standard" > M$ set? > > I like the fact that not every app in Linux > looks/acts the same. > One of the few things I dislike about OpenOffice.org > is > the attempt to clone the M$ way of doing things. > > -Thomas Since M$ has something like 90% of the desktop market, I see nothing wrong with OpenOffice, or Linux for that matter trying to emulate the look and feel of M$ products. Why do you not like OpenOffice acting like M$?? Do you think 90% of the desktop market will want to re-learn what they already know?? Considering that Linux has yet to make a dent in that market, my guess is probably not. Maybe it's too soon to tell.... my $.02 Chris ===== "Let's Roll!!..." Todd Beamer, 09/11/01 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com