On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 11:19 -0700, Per Bjornsson wrote: > When did it move from the menu? I can't remember a time when it wasn't > in System Tools > Terminal, but maybe my memory is too short? I think > that the menu is pretty much the canonical spot for finding things in > the current GUI, and dragging a menu entry to a panel if you want a > launcher for easier access really isn't that much work. I'm almost certain it changed locations a few times between RHL 7.2 and FC4. There was quite a shakeup on menu entries along that time line. > > Especially given that people go "Oooh! Thats handy!" every time I show > > them it. > > That's probably because you were teaching people stuff that involved > terminal usage. Most people can't be bothered. The reaction I have seen > from most people when they see me pop up a terminal window is just a > some combination of horror and disgust. The terminal really can't be > seen as part of the user interface for "regular" users. Well yeah, the majority of the people I teach are entry level admin types or slightly more advanced users than the secretary and need to take advantage of some of the really useful things a Linux system can do from the terminal. > No need to tell me how great the terminal is, I know, and I have a > launcher on my panel. It's not going anywhere. But I'm strange and I > know it. You may have a launcher, but new user Bob won't and thus I can't write documentation assuming that he does. -- Jesse Keating RHCE (http://geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (http://www.fedoralegacy.org) GPG Public Key (http://geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
