Same process on each system (KUbuntu and Windows XP): extract an archived
file.
Ubuntu: right-click file, click "extract", choose "extract here".
Done.
Windows: right click file, click "extract all".
Up comes wizard dialog, "The extraction wizards helps you copy files from
inside a ZIP archive. To continue, click Next." Buttons: next, cancel,
plus back, greyed out.
Click Next.
"Select a folder to extract files to. Files will be extracted to this
directory [path shown]. Buttons: Browse and Password, back, next, cancel.
Click Next.
Files extracted. Check-box (defaults to marked) "Show extracted files" -
launches an explorer window. Leave selected or deselect. Buttons
available: Finish, Cancel, plus back, greyed out. (Cancel? Does this
_un_extract the files? Nope. So apparently it doesn't actually do
anything.) Click "Finish".
Total buttons displayed:
Linux: 0
Windows: 11
Total dialog items displayed (not including text):
Linux: 0
Windows: 14
Windows requires three wizard pages, 14 controls and nine distinct choices
to extract files from the archive; Linux requires zero wizard pages, zero
controls and zero decisions - apart from the initial decision to extract,
which is common to both. Or one could count the choice between "extract
here", "extract to subfolder xyz" or "extract to...", still leaving the
Linux operation significantly simpler.
Can someone explain how, since Linux is supposed to be hard and Windows is
supposed to be easy, it is easier to go through three wizard pages, 14
controls and nine decisions to achieve what I can achieve with three mouse
clicks?
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