On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:08 PM, David L. Gehrt <dlg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What this seems to imply is that in the future the mainline Linux UI will be > characterized features imposed, and by lack of flexibility. This lack of > flexibility means that users are presented with a computing environment with > features thought desirable by developers and which provide little or no way > for users to modify their computing environment in ways that meet their > needs and preferences. My impression is that often interfaces are designed for "stupid" users rather than being stupid-compatible. This way the user have a very big leap in front of himself, and never have the chance to become an advanced user. Some of my experience in computing comes by wondering "what does this option do?" and by discovering interfaces. I think that this approach of making interfaces not only simple, but also not powerful, is detrimental to users, especially when they have to troubleshoot things and have the only option to "open a terminal" or "call a friend". Sometime an option more can confuse a user, or make it an expert in the long run. Stefano Cavallari -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
