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> "...putting a graphical user interface on it to dumb it down for grandmothers..." I actually hate how this attitude often seems to be the focus of GUI enviro
by octorian 8y ago
> "...putting a graphical user interface on it to dumb it down for grandmothers..."
I actually hate how this attitude often seems to be the focus of GUI environments in the Linux world. The effect is that if you have to deal with anything not nicely wrapped up in the dumbed down environment you're presented with, you immediately need to drop down to a CLI world that's difficult to figure out and constantly changing.
Meanwhile, both Windows and OSX actually focus on more of a middle-ground with their UI (to different extents, I'll admit). All the mundane admin tasks, and even those scary super-technical admin tasks actually can be done from within their GUIs.
And then you have FreeBSD, which doesn't even try to target the GUI user. They admit their user is a technical sysadmin, but embrace it by actually making the CLI quite friendly to that set of users.
- mediocrejoker 8y agoI think it stems from a logic fallacy that goes something like this: If a GUI makes a program easier to use, then by using it, I am indicating that I am less technical. It's not usually stated explicitly, but it's a pervasive attitude. IMHO, even highly technical users can benefit and be more productive from well thought out interface design. It's not like (most) grandmothers are suddenly going to use Visual Studio because it's got a GUI.