Re: A video tour of openSUSE 11 (with KDE 4 desktop)
Posted by: Anonymous
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on August 27, 2008 02:58 AM
Indeed. But people prefer to be stuck with what they know than have the freedom to chose from options they are unfamiliar with. People are funny that way, which is why MS or Apple don't need to provide alternatives, because thier UI is branded and familiar to their users.
The fact that you can't change the UI in Windows doesn't bother people, precisely because they know how to use the UI, and therefore don't see a need to change. They can buy a book on how to use Windows and what is in the book looks like what is on the screen.
But you should be the one who chooses to change the UI, the UI shouldn't be the one that decided to change on you. And while a start menu might seem trivial, to the vast majority of potential users, they won't see past these small things.
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Re: A video tour of openSUSE 11 (with KDE 4 desktop)
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 192.168.40.186] on August 27, 2008 02:58 AMThe fact that you can't change the UI in Windows doesn't bother people, precisely because they know how to use the UI, and therefore don't see a need to change. They can buy a book on how to use Windows and what is in the book looks like what is on the screen.
But you should be the one who chooses to change the UI, the UI shouldn't be the one that decided to change on you. And while a start menu might seem trivial, to the vast majority of potential users, they won't see past these small things.
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