Lee Revell wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 08:38 +1000, Shayne O'Connor wrote: > >>there is nothing wrong with this, indeed it is the >>sort of expectation that is currently being pushed in the wider >>community. > > > And, just as important, it's not incompatible with keeping the system > "power user friendly". Currently the people who have the most trouble > with the Linux desktop are not the novices, it's the power users coming > from OSX and Windows, the type of people who can browse the web and > answer email for hours on a Windows machine without ever touching the > mouse, because what frustrates these users more than anything is an > inconsistent UI which the Linux desktop has in spades. > > Right now we do a very good job catering to both the novice and the UNIX > guru, who can switch between the GUI and command line effortlessly. But > for many of those in between it's still a usability nightmare, because > it's still not possible for a power user to make full use the Linux > desktop without occasionally resorting to the command line. > > For example try to use tab and the arrow keys to move the focus between > widgets in a GTK app. You will find the behavior is completely baffling > and inconsistent, for example a different series of tab/shift-tab/arrows > to cycle forward 5 widgets vs. going backward. This type of thing will > cause a Windows user to laugh out loud and tell you to get a real OS. > > Lee > > > This may not be a usual scenario, and may not be the type of power-user to which you refer, but is one I have come across. The MS certified network/sysadmins at a firm I previously worked for, with a network of approx 650 windowsNT4/XP PCs did the bulk of running/configuring that network via the command line. Mainly because it was quicker and more efficient. Things may have changed in the last couple of years robin
