Who would ever think a possibility to enter a filename directly in non-intuitive? Browsing a filesystem folder by folder is inherently slow and clumsy! You provide it as a help for unexperienced users. But note that beginners gain experience. It's not sensible to force them to stay with their "childish ways".
About the "root" thing: This is just a badly chosen example. Of course we wouldn't do root stuff from X, but that does not void the argument: why force the user to stay dumb? They will grow with their tasks, and they will hate the tools that stand in the way between them and their daily work. After all, that's what makes most people chose Linux over Windows.
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Re:Having Nautilus appear as it did in Gnome 2.4
Posted by: Administrator on May 31, 2004 04:44 AMWho would ever think a possibility to enter a filename directly in non-intuitive? Browsing a filesystem folder by folder is inherently slow and clumsy! You provide it as a help for unexperienced users. But note that beginners gain experience. It's not sensible to force them to stay with their "childish ways".
About the "root" thing: This is just a badly chosen example. Of course we wouldn't do root stuff from X, but that does not void the argument: why force the user to stay dumb? They will grow with their tasks, and they will hate the tools that stand in the way between them and their daily work. After all, that's what makes most people chose Linux over Windows.
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