I can't figure out, how having a menuing system, is going to help the cammand line? Brian Borowski On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > Janina, > > Well, I kind of agree and disagree. One reason why Windows is so > popular is the lack of heavy learning of command line commands. DOS was > criptic, but Linux is even more so. Hence, if we want to get the command > line to be supported by many more people than currently using it, then we > need to come up with a menuing system that eliminates alot of the criptic > stuff. If i can launch a program in linux from a menu and then the program > gives me option like Pine, then it would work well. I am talking about all > the system stuff that is so exacting and with all due respect to the > programmers, not very intuitive or descritive. > > -- charlie. > At 11:09 AM 5/13/02 -0400, you wrote: > >Charlie: > > > >Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing > >such a menuing system! > > > >hint hint hint > > > >Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well, > >that's another story. > > > >Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because > >it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something > >the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why > >doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you? > > > >Back at the command line? > > > >Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing > >system, is far worse. > > > >Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning. > > > >On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > There is access not far off. I would like to see a menuing > > system > > > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to > > > remember all those commands and switches. > > > > > > -- charlie Crawford. > > > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui? > > > > > > > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text > > > >mode. I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the > > winxp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Speakup mailing list > > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > >-- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > >Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > >Chair, Accessibility SIG > >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > >http://www.openebook.org > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
