odin wrote:
I think you are viewing a computer more as a hobby object than most people, for the vast majority it's just a device like a fridge or a VCR. The computer has matured into a device which is (well...in a weird twisted way..) usable to Joe Public.
Yeah but not as fun, the Amigas and ataris was true amateur-machines. A amigaowner dabbled in everything graphics, trackers, a little programming etc
Winblows is just in my way when I try to do something and Unix takes a looot of time to configure.
It´s like the old how man people does it takes to change a lightbulb:
Windows:One but you got to have another five change the wiring in the whole house to Microsoft standard.
Unix:Only one but if you dont tell him: "2<"or some other cryptic code then he puts the new lightbulb in without removing the old one from the socket.
Mac: Three, one that changes the lightbulb and two that redecorates your home.
Oh, and Outlook is hardly useful! :lol:
Unlike the stuff of the eighties with it's cryptic shell interfaces (However this is debatable, I've seen a documentary on some computer scientist-type of guy who was of the opinion that a CLI-based, single tasking environment is much more userfriendly than the GUI-based systems of today. And there could be some truth in that).
Well for single task machines it is! The library switched from black and white text terminals to a fancy webb-interface for bookseeking. Guess which sucks?
Just a simple thing like you have to clik the mouse in a textfield before typing :pissed:
