Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 24.255.215.37]
on September 09, 2007 03:06 AM
Thanks Joe. I'm a 40-something female programmer / Linux enthusiast and of course I'm very aware that I'm in the minority. Yeah, I get sick of the endless stream of "does Linux pass the mom/grandma test" articles and yeah I do feel insulted by the implication, but hey I've been used to that attitude all along. But forget about political correctness -- It's time for those articles to stop because they offer no new insight; they just repeat unoriginal drivel and serve no useful purpose. I'm also sick of the "is this the year of the Linux desktop"/"is Linux ready for the desktop" crap too.
If we really want to make Linux better and easier to use, how about instead of passing some meaningless "mom" test, we work on making it pass the "accessibility" test, so everyone can experience the advantages of GNU/Linux/FOSS regardless of disability? This is the real area of usability where the most work needs to be done to catch up to Mac/Windows.
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It's time to retire the mom test
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 24.255.215.37] on September 09, 2007 03:06 AMIf we really want to make Linux better and easier to use, how about instead of passing some meaningless "mom" test, we work on making it pass the "accessibility" test, so everyone can experience the advantages of GNU/Linux/FOSS regardless of disability? This is the real area of usability where the most work needs to be done to catch up to Mac/Windows.
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