On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:18 -0400
James Knott
Felix Miata wrote:
I was eventually able to put one near the clock, but after more than 5 minutes monkeying with it failed to figure out how to place one or move one where I wanted it and gave up.
That's a new "feature".
No that is old feature that is built in a human brain. There is substantial difference in brain activity needed to find new solution and to apply existing, we tend to resort to old ways whenever possible, and that goes so far that a new solution that is superior in a long run, but doesn't save enough energy in a short term, is rejected. Majority of us is not good at the long term benefits so no surprise there. For instance, drag and drop is a "new" concept to people that learned to deal with configuration files and KDE guys made almost anything drag and drop. How inexcusable waste of developer's time :) On the other hands, kids with smartphones learned that you just drag stuff around. They will solve Felix's dilemma before seconds are passed. Not that young brain does stuff very differently, but their pathways are created around GUI, not some files in some directory that are related to GUI layout. They will scream only if oldtimers try to guide them away from GUI :) -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org