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Re: [opensuse] Demand for a KDE 3 LiveCD?
- From: G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:41:51 +0100
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Carlos E. R. wrote:
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First came across in early 90s (for ball by ball cricket commentary on
IBM3090 on X25 linked terminals :-) ). But I fairly early on came to the
conclusion that "chat rooms" tend not to be very useful for anything but
the trivial. IIRC ability to contribute could also be a little
communication speed constrained and it is a little too easy for an
inadvertent outbreak of foot (Keyboard?) in mouth to start an internet
forest fire.
On the subject in hand I do feel the omission of a KDE3 based Live CD
was a serious strategic error (though I personally have long since
stopped using KDE in favour of e17). JDE3 is a well understood and
reliable framework which many non-technical people have had little
difficulty in getting to grips with. However, I can really only give
moral support to this idea.
KDE4 may have a future as an innovative desktop design but I do tend to
wonder whether the innovation is driven by technical wow factors rather
than getting to understand how people interact with computers and
addressing those areas where the non-computer orientated users struggle. .
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I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
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Carlos E. R. wrote:
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My ADSL connection is relatively recent, so if irc is some chat thing it
has never interested me. I still don't like chat things, never used one.
I don't know what it is, how to use it, netiquete for that method...
whatever.
First came across in early 90s (for ball by ball cricket commentary on
IBM3090 on X25 linked terminals :-) ). But I fairly early on came to the
conclusion that "chat rooms" tend not to be very useful for anything but
the trivial. IIRC ability to contribute could also be a little
communication speed constrained and it is a little too easy for an
inadvertent outbreak of foot (Keyboard?) in mouth to start an internet
forest fire.
On the subject in hand I do feel the omission of a KDE3 based Live CD
was a serious strategic error (though I personally have long since
stopped using KDE in favour of e17). JDE3 is a well understood and
reliable framework which many non-technical people have had little
difficulty in getting to grips with. However, I can really only give
moral support to this idea.
KDE4 may have a future as an innovative desktop design but I do tend to
wonder whether the innovation is driven by technical wow factors rather
than getting to understand how people interact with computers and
addressing those areas where the non-computer orientated users struggle. .
-- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
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