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Richard Riley |
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Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ... |
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Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:35:07 +0200 |
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wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) writes:
> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Please don't feel compelled, I don't think that thread was meant so
>> seriously (including my post). But if you want to expose your
>> grandparents to the world of computers for the very first time, and you
>> love them more than you love RMS, maybe you should consider my anecdotal
>> evidence ...
>
> My grandmother (and presumably many people's grandparents) used
> computers for work, and they were command-line based with monochrome
> displays. Why assume that touchscreen GUIs are inherently intuitive?
> (Hint: the fact that they don't come with manuals is not evidence of this).
>
To even begin to suggest its as easy for the majority to manipulate the
command line as it is to use a well designed GUI front end is somewhat
silly. Regardless of what your Grandmother may or may not have done :
the idea they might understand elisp and the gnus way is a little
shortsighted and intransigent ;)
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- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Thorsten Jolitz, 2013/09/02
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- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Rustom Mody, 2013/09/02
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- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Rustom Mody, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Richard Riley, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Stefan Monnier, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., W. Greenhouse, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Jambunathan K, 2013/09/03