Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).

On 2024-05-09, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On Thu, 09 May 2024 11:36:06 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
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On 2024-05-08 6:06 p.m., rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 8 May 2024 12:04:28 -0400, DFS wrote:
 

At least Windows doesn't display non-working app menu items, as Linux
used to do a LOT.  Click them and nothing happens.  Resolving them
was FAR more troublesome than the Registry fix I showed.

 
When was 'used to do'?  1998?

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Actually, DFS showed this to be the case recently, and many times over
the last few years. This is not an old problem; it's a problem Linux
distributions have yet to iron out. The lack of polish is very
noticeable.

 
Name the offending apps, please.

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GIMP, for one. The interface is very confusing to anyone who's used better
software. Handbrake would be another, though it isn't that difficult to
get used to, in my opinion. Calibre would be another, as it is generally
very confusing. I would add Pan to that list, but I only say so from the
perspective of a newbie since I grew up with such interfaces and kind of
like the way it works.

GIMP is confusing, but PhotoShop isn't? Neither one of them is particularly
intuitive, it's because they both do a lot of stuff most people don't
understand. (I'm one of those people, but I worked with people who used
PhotoShop at the print shop.)

I don't think I've used Handbrake so can't speak for it. (It sounds familiar
so I may have tried it once.)

Calibre I have used. What's complicated about it? You add eBooks, you can
convert or edit eBooks and you read books.

As for Pan, it's basically a Linux version of Xnews — I used Xnews in my
Windows' days so it was "intuitive" for me.

I've found that the best, most efficient, interfaces are often the ones that
take a little work to learn (like WordStar keystrokes). I get frustrated
watching people relying on the mouse and menus to get EVERYthing done. You
take the mouse away from them and they would be dead in the water. I'm
surprised they don't click the mouse to enter each, individual letter when
writing a document.

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