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But why have we decided lately to fall for the tyranny of what "ordinary users" want? Why can't we have a full featured Firefox hidden behind a setting, so thi
by skinkestek 6y ago
But why have we decided lately to fall for the tyranny of what "ordinary users" want?
Why can't we have a full featured Firefox hidden behind a setting, so this mythical "ordinary user" can have a dumbed down interface and the rest of us can have a real browser?
- antonvs 6y ago> But why have we decided lately to fall for the tyranny of what "ordinary users" want? For the same reason bank robbers rob banks. That's where the money is. The source of the funding that pays for development of these tools is driving this. I'm not defending that situation, that's just the way it is. "Hackers" working on what they find technically elegant and useful are not driving these sorts of changes.
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- behnamoh 6y ago"mythical" ordinary user? Have you been living in the world recently?
- skinkestek 6y agoBeen living here for many years already. Even worked a lot on the help desk, taught in vocational education and held a couple of training courses. At least around here my evaluation is that ordinary users are a lot more capable than we give them credit for. Or maybe I'm just insanely good at helping people, or I misunderstand or something else, you choose ;-)