On 13 March 2013 12:46, Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/13/2013 12:26 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >>> - (Nobody explicitly stated this, but) Displaying information geared >>> towards power users by default is intimidating / confusing to >>> less-knowledgeable users." >> I'd call this to be an urban legend. A boot menu is self-explanatory, >> even to new-comers. >> >> It may baffle them when they see it for the first time, but will very >> soon get used to it. > > No, a boot menu is not self-explanatory, and no, this is not an 'urban > legend.' How do you even come up with associating the term 'urban > legend' to statement saying that a complex screen is confusing to casual > computer users? That's like calling Fitts' Law an 'old wives' tale!' > > I have taught multiple classes of teenage and pre-teen students using > Fedora Live USB keys. This necessarily involves having to guide them > through using syslinux (which is very similar in appearance to grub) to > boot their system, I can say from actual experience that: > > 1) The boot menu was not self-explanatory, and the students had a lot of > questions about what stuff on the screen meant. > Then you have good students. Are teens and pre-teens fedora's main target audience now? I'm really not sure what it is anymore. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
