Wolfgang S. Rupprecht: >> I assume that there is a human-factors study that indicates that >> non-technical users don't like to be reminded of how complicated things >> really are under the hood. At least that is why I thought such cover-up >> screens exist. I assumed that it's just stupidly copying Windows, in a monkey-see, monkey-do fashion. As seems to be the current trend of programmers wanting a free version of Windows, rather than an alternative OS. Roberto Ragusa: > Could we split the screen and have system messages in one part and > happy dancing puppies in the other part? > So users can concentrate their attention according to their preference. Needs "blinken lights." (That's not an application, but and old school notice.) -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org