folder, it became obvious that "intuitive" mostly means "what the writer or
speaker of intuitive likes".
-- Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, on X the intuitiveness of a Mac
- interface
+ interface on comp.os.linux.misc.
%
Now I know someone out there is going to claim, "Well then, UNIX is intuitive,
because you only need to learn 5000 commands, and then everything else follows
wouldn't believe...
-- Discussion on the intuitiveness of commands
%
-Actually, typing random strings in the Finder does the equivalent of
-filename completion.
- -- Discussion on file completion vs. the Mac Finder
-%
Not me, guy. I read the Bash man page each day like a Jehovah's Witness reads
the Bible. No wait, the Bash man page IS the bible. Excuse me...
-- More on confusing aliases, taken from comp.os.linux.misc
-A Linux machine! because a 486 is a terrible thing to waste!
-(By jjs@wintermute.ucr.edu, Joe Sloan)
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-"Absolutely nothing should be concluded from these figures except that
-no conclusion can be drawn from them."
-(By Joseph L. Brothers, Linux/PowerPC Project)
-%
Actually, typing random strings in the Finder does the equivalent of
filename completion.
-(Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of commands: file
-completion vs. the Mac Finder.)
-%
-After watching my newly-retired dad spend two weeks learning how to make a new
-folder, it became obvious that "intuitive" mostly means "what the writer or
-speaker of intuitive likes".
-(Bruce Ediger, bediger@teal.csn.org, in comp.os.linux.misc, on X the
-intuitiveness of a Mac interface.)
+ -- Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of commands: file
+ completion vs. the Mac Finder.
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"All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory..."
(By Larry Wall)
on it, you know they are just evil lies."
(By Linus Torvalds, Linus.Torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
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-"...and scantily clad females, of course. Who cares if it's below zero
-outside"
-(By Linus Torvalds)
-%
> : Any porters out there should feel happier knowing that DEC is shipping
> : me an AlphaPC that I intend to try getting linux running on: this will
> : definitely help flush out some of the most flagrant unportable stuff.