On Tue, 14 May 2019, at 09:09, ULF wrote: > If from one side is true that many modern interfaces (mostly M$, though) > are made for people who know nothing about computing, from one another is > clear that some good ones (in terms of usability) help the user to keep > concentrated on his work. > > On a mac, on a recent gnome, on a kde, etc. it's easier for a user to keep > track of multiple jobs without thinking about the OS, but rather thinking > about contents. It's a matter of fact that computers are mostly used to do > things that have nothing to do with programming and sysadmin, and also > developers here must, while programming/administering the machine, maybe > write a letter to the insurance, browse 20+ pages while looking at a > calendar (maybe shared) during a phone call, opening the accounting program > for taxes and so on... > > In 2019, doing all of the above with fvwm, twm, (whatever-tiny)wm not only > feels awkward, but also time consuming and less flexible. The argument that > one just has to type "command &" is not as valid as just clicking an icon > when one of your hands is busy holding the phone or a document.
If one's window manager's configuration file is set up to provide shortcuts to all relevant applications, then there's no need to use a terminal for that. > > And, btw, let's say it: fvwm looks like 70s/80s, it's full of charm for > retrocomputing but it's pretty ugly to see in 2019. And many people prefer > just right clicking on a picture to change background rather than finding > which config file they gotta change and then change it. Because config > files are good, but total lack of automatization > for basic activies is just time consuming, not sexy. Not to speak about > fonts, icons and, especially, different languages (I mean alphabets) > managing.... just shifting to a non-latin keyboard becomes hell. I think you have a point in there somewhere but I can't find it.
