Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs

[Jean Louis]

It is subjective fact taking. I am so much software addicted as before, and 
have installed many applications over last years and did not get nearly that 
opinion, I have seen none such in part years. I remember that from before 1999 
in Windows sphere.

Which software specifically you installed with such assistants?


On September 22, 2020 2:31:49 PM UTC, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:22:03 +0000
>> CC: rms@gnu.org, nicola.manca85@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
>> 
>> >You personally may find it annoying, but please keep in mind that
>many
>> >applications nowadays offer to take the user through a similar
>process
>> >first time the application is started after installation.  So I
>> >presume many newcomers to Emacs will not be surprised by that, and
>> >maybe will even expect something like that.
>> 
>> To make a survey online today is not so hard and not so expensive,
>turn advertising on and ask people to answer few questions in exchange
>for free software download, you can give them Emacs as award.
>
>It isn't a matter of opinion, it is a matter of fact: many
>applications offer to configure them the first time you invoke them.
>I know because I install them.  Any other user will see the same.
>
>That is all I was saying: that this kind of feature is quite
>widespread nowadays.