On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 1:09 PM BCLUG via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
o1bigtenor via talk wrote on 2023-07-27 03:50:
In my view computers should change to suit humans, not the other way around.
So thankful that I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Is there any way to make this louder
Sounds like you guys hate CLI environments and probably use Siri / Google Assistant / Alexa / *voice* as a near ideal human-like user interface then?
Hmmmmmm - - - - I remember the advertisements early on in microcomputers - - - - you know - - - - "computing your way" implying that an IT department wasn't going to force you to do things the way they wanted. That was considered a great idea - - - - until those same IT departments - - - - now responsible for fleets of microcomputers - - - well - - - they decided that they're the only ones who understand how a computer should be used. You know - - - - where you only have a gui environment - - - or where you only have a cli environment - - - - or where your cli environment stifles flexibility - - - - (shall I go on ?). I do know what those user interfaces are and as I find that even trying to use an actual human to get things done makes for an incredible pita so for me to use something that forces me to do things the way one particular person or 'team' decides to do so - - - - it just ain't going to happen.
Desktop environments take their name and derive the concept from offices in the pre-electronic age. Window managers sound like something only pertinent to computers. Like terminals.
As such the technology makes it easier to work with for most of us. (Except for the idea of 0 being an actual counter as it is in only the computing world.)
Sounds quite un-Linuxy.
What - - - - you're not going to regale us on how you use VT-100 terminals for so very many years as you perfected your use of assembly language?
I say this partially in jest, but also to point out the seeming contradiction in what I inferred as the points being made.
I love contradictions - - - - why do I have to do it that other way all the time? Regards