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| From | Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice |
| Date | 2013-03-30 11:13 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <CD7C796A.18384%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink) |
| References | <CD7C541E.18369%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <kj787b$65k$1@news.albasani.net> |
On 3/30/13 10:44 AM, in article kj787b$65k$1@news.albasani.net, "Adam Gansefoort" <nospam@nospam.eu> wrote: > Snit wrote: >> <http://www.linuxadvocates.com/2013/03/standardization-as-road-to-more-choic >> e.html> OR <http://bit.ly/YmynS8> >> ----- >> If you are reading this article from a Desktop Linux system take a >> minute and look at a few programs on your system ... Chances are >> you will find much inconsistency in the programs you look at. Even >> within single programs there is often a great deal of >> inconsistency. >> >> Is this a problem? Many users say it is not; they believe they ³get >> used to² each program and speak of how it is not hard to figure out >> the multiple styles found on their systems. Even if they do not >> realize it, though, inconsistencies do lead to problems they lead >> to reduced productivity and efficiency and increase in user errors. >> This is backed up by HCI/UI research, is accepted by pretty much >> every relevant expert, and such ideas have been expressed by the >> teams that produce KDE, Gnome, Ubuntu, FireFox, and many other open >> source projects. Having a distro that works as a unified system is >> important if you care about the work you do. >> ----- >> >> Much more at the link. This is directly from Dietrich Schmitz's Linux >> Advocates site. >> The author of the article > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Are you a schizofrenic Michael? I was being a bit silly. Geez. Anyway, look forward to seeing if any of the COLA herd read or comment on the post. >> clearly has a good >> understanding of user issues and the open source ecosystem. >> >> Would love to hear what the COLA "advocates" think. > -- "I mischaracterize things you say." - Brad cc Wiggins
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Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-30 08:34 -0700
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice "Adam Gansefoort" <nospam@nospam.eu> - 2013-03-30 18:44 +0100
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-30 11:13 -0700
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice "Cola Zealot" <Cola_Zealot@fuckoff.com> - 2013-03-30 22:39 +0100
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-30 15:35 -0700
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-04-01 10:27 -0500
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-01 13:08 -0700
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-04-01 16:15 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-01 13:25 -0700
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 08:19 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-04-02 07:03 -0700
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-02 08:31 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 09:21 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-02 10:11 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 12:30 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-04-01 23:27 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 09:40 +0100
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-04-02 08:20 -0400
Re: Standardization as a Road to More Choice Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2013-03-31 12:28 -0700
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