Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ Hadron Quark ] on Monday 31 July 2006 10:55 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> __/ [ Bitrot ] on Monday 31 July 2006 07:44 \__
>>>
>>>> First, I apologize for posting from google. That said, there's a
>>>> reason for it - something I just realized I really like about Linux and
>>>> really dislike about Windows.
>>>>
>>>> This machine is currently set up as dual-boot, and right this minute I
>>>> happen to be in Windows (why? Don't ask.) I'm reasonably sure I
>>>> installed a news client on the box, but I went looking for it and
>>>> that's when it hit me.
>>>>
>>>> First, when I go to the start/programs menu, I don't get the whole
>>>> list. Fine, fine. Now I expand the list and see... well, what I see
>>>> is a mess.
>>>>
>>>> For example, I have some apps here for authoring, ripping and burning
>>>> CDs; each of them has its own top-level menu entry. Others, such as
>>>> games published by MS, don't - they're in "Microsoft Games" - but other
>>>> games are installed at the top level.
>>>
>>>
>>> Another issue: names. While people make fun of Linux application names
>>> because they are weird (as in "not ordinary" or "not quite the norm"),
>>> most distribution choose rhetorical names for the applications that reside
>>> in menus (or have both a name and a description). This is not the case
>>> with Windows and Mac OS. To name just one example among many: Microsoft
>>> Outlook is a program that will most possibly deliver to your some weather
>>> forecasts.
>>
>> Are you two guys for real?
>>
>> So maybe NVU for Linux is, really a molecule? Hmmm ..
>> Or maybe "Konqueror" is really a guy with lots of soldiers?
>>
>> You are really dissing *Windows* because of an office multi purpose hub
>> being called "Outlook"?!?!?! What is happening to higher level
>> education?!?!
>>
>> LOL.
>
> You overlooked a key point. Nowadays, Linux distributions have
> programs
"Nowadays" : these are new features then? Interesting to see if Vista
changes things. It is a nice feature no doubt.
> labelled with their /function/, rather than brand/name. In SUSE, for
> example, you will find "text editor" and "Web browser" under the menus (or
> you can use 'apropos', or even search in the new SUSE/SLED menu). You will
> not be going through obscure names. Not kate; not Konqueror.
>
> The icons will probably be helpful as well because logos take a secondary
> priority. Take Office as a counter example where people associate colours
> with programs, e.g. green for spreadsheets. It's funny how the mind works
> (associative thinking) and how hard it is to retract habits.
eh? I never associated green with spreadsheets : it was a big dollar
sign and an "e" for excel. I use open office calc now under gnoe and the
icon istn very clear to be honest - its a table with a coloured splodge
under it (suppoed to be a pie chart).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
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