Re: cli options

Dexter Filmore <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:17:22 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
Organization SCHWA Corporation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> 
> > And here is where it might profit from the open src idea: everybody can
> > contribute and have a look at it.
> > No matter how loud the geeks are yelling at me, Linux *does* need some
> > standards.
> 
> There are already so many standards. (which are not always adhered to)

That's why I pointed out sane standards. Standards develpers would *like* to
adhere to.

> 
> > (And more GUIs :) )
> 
> For superstitious reasons one would suppose twelve window managers would be
> enough to satisfy most users. Would you like to add 'Linux needs more
> editors'?

I didn't mean "more GUI making systems" I meant more GUIs where we have bash.
Let alone for package management, and may it be ncurses. (in fact, i lkie
ncurses).
Or doy ou really think "make config" is a good tool to configure the kernel?

> 
> So I hear 'Linux needs standards' and 'Linux needs GUIs', now how about 
> standardising the GUI? (Credit for this insight goes to my sister, who
> wanted to know, given that there lots of different applications for the same
> purpose, why should the user interfaces all be wildly different, even for
> different versions of the same Operating System). Applications are far less
> standardised than command syntax. 

Full ACK. with interoperable drag n drop.