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2007-10-30 , 07:06
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Originally Posted by Wizard69 View Post
In any event i starting to think that you are missing the whole point of a high level Windows manager type interface. Gnome, KDE or Apples Mac, are the same in that the idea is to expose the common to the user in an easy graphical environment. None of these systems demand that you stay out of the entrails. That isn't their point at all.
If this is your conclusion, probably my english is much worse than i ever thought; what on earth makes you believe now i'm missing the point of graphical UIs? its graphical UI i talked about. good graphical UIs and bad ones. research done on graphical UIs. peoples experiences with graphical UIs. ...

exposing common functions to the end user can be done in two ways: simple, unobtrusive and straightforward (the good way) or interrupting the users workflow, turning what could be a single click into "end of act 1, get the elephants out on the stage". it doesnt matter at all how pretty it looks.

anyway... as i'm simply missing the point completely i think i'd better not continue this.