Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 13, 2006 12:13 PM
"Any software that has "quite a steep learning curve" to learn how to use it has, by definition, a bad user interface." Easy to learn, frustrating to use once learnt is the windows way, Hard to learn, great to use once learnt is the Linux way<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
That's cute. As a person who as used Linux exclusively for several years, I'd like to point out that it's also not true.
If you actually regularly work with a program like the GIMP, you soon realize that it not only starts hard, but in fact continues to get in the way long after you've learned to use it.
Try using Evolution, one of the Office suites, GnuCash, or even InkScape (all complex and powerful tools) for comparison. You know something? It's fairly easy to get started and as you learn more they continue to let you think about the complicated task at hand instead of the complicated interface that's making what should be an easy job hard.
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Re:I don't think we need a fork
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 13, 2006 12:13 PMThat's cute. As a person who as used Linux exclusively for several years, I'd like to point out that it's also not true.
If you actually regularly work with a program like the GIMP, you soon realize that it not only starts hard, but in fact continues to get in the way long after you've learned to use it.
Try using Evolution, one of the Office suites, GnuCash, or even InkScape (all complex and powerful tools) for comparison. You know something? It's fairly easy to get started and as you learn more they continue to let you think about the complicated task at hand instead of the complicated interface that's making what should be an easy job hard.
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