[PLUG] This is seriously good

[Ritesh Khadgaray]

On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 19:40 +0530, श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote:
> On Saturday 29 July 2006 19:31, Ritesh Khadgaray wrote:
> > > Which flavour of linux and windows can you mother install? My mom can't
> > > even double click half the time and clicks way too many times if I set up
> > > single click for her.
> >
> > everyone is different, with different level of skill/intelligence.
> 
> That is true. I don't deny that..
> 
> > > If you want to use linux,is it unfair to expect to keep handy one piece
> > > of paper with some instructions and read everything on screen carefully
> > > before proceeding?
> >
> > yes, it would be unfair as the saying goes
> > even nipples are not intuitive interface.
> >
> > the point is, it would be easier for a user ( read newbie/windows user )
> > to use point and click interface, then to type out commands/edit
> > configuration files.
> 
> If you reread my post, I never said anything about typing commands and editing 
> files. I talked about reading what is on the screen. I can bet that even with 
> windows, people don't do that.
> 
> Just run around looking for Windows XP installation with all partitions being 
> VFAT. I know it is slightly complex but it isn't rocket science either..
> 
> >
> > a weird example
> > try deleting a file called "-rf *" from console.
> 
> irrelevant. The "HOWTO" I talked about would set machine up in KDE from the 
> boot. I do that myself in slackware all the time.
> 
> While I agree that this is endless debate, I want to assert that it is about 
> those who read what is on screen and those who don't. It has nothing to do 
> with point and click.
> 
>  Shridhar
> 

Out of curiosity , how people ( newbie) read how-to, and how many follow
instruction on screen ?

people are lazy about reading how-to. from my experience as a tech
support ( for windows/internet-dsl ), i have found most of the queries
( 60-80%) can be tracked to a how-to with relative ease.

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