On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Arvid Picciani <aep@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thomas Bächler wrote: >> I consider such statements an insult > > Sorry Thomas, > my response was retarded. > > can you help me find another term i should use > to denote the desktop idea, that is not offensive? In general, it is called the WIMP paradigm - Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointing Device http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing)