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"They haven't even made the WYSIWYG editor that's used in Gmail as Opensource." There is a WYSIWYG editor included as part of Google Web Toolkit, which is rele
by pmorici 18y ago
"They haven't even made the WYSIWYG editor that's used in Gmail as Opensource."
There is a WYSIWYG editor included as part of Google Web Toolkit, which is released as open source. I don't know if it is the exact same one as in Gmail but it does the job.
I would also say that my distaste for MS products doesn't really have anything to do with them being closed source. It has to do with the fact that Microsoft documentation is super crappy and it makes their stuff a pain to work with. Where as the GNU/Linux man pages are very well written and easy to get the information you need.
- SingAlong 18y agoU've got a point there. Extensive customisability is also confusing. Linux distros are great(i started running slackware to get rid of the virus problems that I had on windows). For non-superuser distros, the developer should remove the extensive customisability. The desktop environment for example, u get a lot options from fluxbox to kde to TabWindow Manager. Those kind of too confusing options should be removed in non-superuser distros. The procedure of installation of additional software, windows wins hands down. There aren't too many types. All a user has to do is to click on the setup file of most software. In linux, if a distro doesn't have a package manager, then learning how to install different packages from rpms to tar.gz to whatever, takes time. And even worse, some apps come with the tag "compile it yourself".