Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/17/05, Nicolas Mailhot <Nicolas.Mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > And unfortunately it's a bad distinction. > > The real one is repetitive/non repetitive tasks. > > Anything repetitive will always be better served by a rigid interface > > like a terminal, not something as changing as the GUI. > > > > Just go look at any POS system - you'll never find even such a basic > > thing as a mouse cursor. And the people using them have no CS doctorates > > (at least most of them) > Are you on crack? There are many POS systems that have 'GUIS" and and > driven by a touch screen interface instead of a "mouse" without > exposing a terminal or a full keyboard. > The existence of a "mouse cursor" is not the definition of a "GUI" > The WaWa convience store sub sandwich ordering interface has no > terminal.. no cmdline..it has no keyboard.. but it certaintly is a > "graphical" "user" "interface".. Oh, come on. That is an /extremely/ limited task. Try doing the same if there were hundreds of different sandwiches and options for each. Plus do it for users sitting all day in front of the dang thing, not somebody interacting with it a couple of minutes a month. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
