Thread: "Linux can compete with the iPad on price, but where’s the magic? "
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DaveP1 is offline DaveP1
2010-01-30 , 19:57
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Originally Posted by Modell900 View Post
As I wrote in my post about monkeys and design, most people love a sleek and intuitive UI and informative notes under each app on the screen

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So yes, a slick UI will beat the alternatives 9 out of 10 times for the average user and I think apple proved that fact for the last 3 years on portable devices.
If you do one thing over and over again, then an intuitive UI with informative notes is unnecessary, but to classify those of us who have to use multiple systems with multiple applications to accomplish various tasks as "average users" is demeaning. A good UI benefits users at all levels.

Your attitude is the reason that even IT professionals (like myself) tend to leave Linux for their Apache and MySQL servers. For day to day computing the Windows or Mac UIs and applications are more productive because of things like "informative notes".