[Gllug] MS grumbles (was: take a lookat my photos on Facebook)

[John G Walker]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:29:35 +0000 JLMS <jjllmmss at googlemail.com> wrote:

> There is not such a thing as user friendliness when it comes to user
> interface design. A lot of usability is derived from familiarity,
> which is why most Linux enthusiasts roll their eyes in despair when
> confronted with a graphical user interface which is the main means to
> interact with some applications, which would be otherwise well suited
> for command line trickery.


I loathe the phrase "user-friendly", and I agree that familiarity is
*extremely* important when considering usability. But, in the case I
brought up, it's Linux, not windows, that has the graphical interface,

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 All the best,
 John
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