Yes, Andrew:
The "snapback" I see for example (?) to earlier-era ethos by way of typewriters is echoed in the newer generation who realise the delight of using ancient (for example, IBM) *mechanical* keyboards over the standard bubblewrap that is marketed with modern, built-to-self-destruct consumer-level laptops.
I buy metal garden tools, not cheap-and-break-easily plastic commodities!
In a similar way I guess, the FreeDOS environment offers a window back to that golden age of the de-cluttered work ethic where the user actually *produced* things - rather than serve primarily as a consumer being continually prescribed "products".
Yes, I have been editing HTML code, noticing aesthetic elegance!
These products - or distractions - could be in the form of ribbon-based interfaces, all the data-mining that goes on with social media interfaces - all the bells and whistles that come with a modern poker/gaming machine.
That's more trouble than it's worth. -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
