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| Authored by: SilverWave on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 12:20 PM EST |
This quote sums things up quite nicely:
"I always think it’s funny when someone complains about an
overly complicated user interface and defenders pop up and
insist that all you have to do is rewire your brain by
memorizing various non-intuitive movements and it’s easy
sailing after that.
And well, yeah. That’s what we’re complaining about. The
complaint isn’t that we’ll *never* be able to rewire our
brains. It’s that the whole thing is non-intuitive and
requires us to adapt to the interface rather than it making
sense from the beginning.
I never had difficulty figuring out how to use my iPhone or
iPad, and while there are certainly a few tricks you can use
to make it even better, they’re not required for basic use.
But if I’ve got to memorize which part of the screen to
swipe to pull up the “Charms” bar, whatever that means, then
I’ve already done more than I should have to."
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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| Authored by: SilverWave on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 12:28 PM EST |
This quote resonates with me because this is exactly how I
felt about Ubuntu and Unity:
"I’m someone that loves playing with new operating systems
and it takes a great deal of inconvenience and frustration
for me to stop using one. After three months with Windows 8
I realized that it was regularly slowing me down and getting
in the way of my productivity rather than enhancing it even
with the addition of a start menu replacement.
Ultimately even though I like playing with new operating
systems, the operating system is not the reason I’m using a
computer and it needs to get out of the way when I need to
work. Windows 8 gets in the way of actually doing something
again and again. It’s an absolute failure as an operating
system."
I wonder if all OS designers had a brain burp at the same
time... well except xfce and iOS LOL.
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 06:25 AM EST |
| On reflection, I don't think so. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 11:16 AM EST |
I'm actually thinking of getting one at the boxing day sales, if they are cheap
enough. I missed out on the HP touchpad clearout. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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