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Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1

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Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <ggnagaFt1fU1@mid.individual.net>, Huge  <usenet@huge.org.uk> wrote:
>>On 2019-04-04, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> wrote:
>>>>        Neither do I have any better understanding of what a "desktop 
>>>>        environment" is supposed to mean and why I may need one 
>>>>        nowadays.
>>>
>>> A "desktop environment" is a crutch for the windoze users to allow them 
>>> to be able to use a computer without having to learn much of anything 
>>> in the process.
>>
>>Pompous twat. Welcome to my killfile.

Good thing I've had Huge in my killfile for months due to being an arse 
a majority of the time.

But the strong reaction implies that Huge is exactly one of those 
windoze users who need the crutch to be able to use a computer at all.

> Well, he didn't say that in the most polite way, but on the whole 
> it's kind of accurate.  Graphical file browsers are one of the great 
> evils of the modern world.  Part of the problem is that they make 
> anything other than trivial operations very difficult, and part of 
> the problem is that they are forced to bind the same click action to 
> completely different operations.  Click on one file and it opens an 
> editor.  Click on another and it executes.  This becomes a severe 
> security issue when people get files that aren't obviously what they 
> think they are.

Yep, many a windoze exploit has come from the UI trying to coddle the 
'Huge' lusers out there way too much.  I.e., the email attachments of 
"invoice.doc.exe" that show up as "invoice.doc" given recent windows 
versions decisions to hide the file extensions by default.

> I appreciate the urge to simplify the UI, but you can simplify it way
> too much, and people have.

Yup.

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Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-03-28 22:03 -0400
  Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2019-03-29 06:36 +0000
  Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2019-04-04 16:07 +0000
    Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-04-04 17:16 +0000
      Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-04-04 21:15 +0000
        Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-04-04 19:03 -0400
          Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-04-05 07:46 +0000
            Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-04-05 07:56 +0000
              Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-04-05 16:35 +0000
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2019-04-06 02:49 -0300
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-04-06 09:07 +0000
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-04-06 07:48 -0400
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-04-06 11:56 +0000
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-04-06 09:44 -0400
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-04-06 13:53 +0000
                Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-04-06 13:35 +0000
          Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-04-05 13:35 +0000
            Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-04-05 13:38 +0000
              Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-04-05 16:36 +0000
    Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2019-04-05 12:25 +0300
    Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-17 21:39 +0000
      Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-18 00:22 +0000
      Re: Linux archeology: KDE 0.1 Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-06-19 06:46 +0000

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