TiredInsomniac@feddit.it to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThey caught usfeddit.itimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1860arrow-down122
arrow-up1838arrow-down1imageThey caught usfeddit.itTiredInsomniac@feddit.it to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down7·1 year agoThe purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven’t seen what it replaced. Also friendliness doesn’t require a Fisher Price interface.
minus-squareTiredInsomniac@feddit.itOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·1 year agoLet me say that I really like “Fisher Price interface”
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThis genuinely made me laugh hahaha
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYou should amend You haven’t seen what it replaced With You aren’t used to it
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoUnix was meant to be much friendlier than the mainframe systems that wer prevalent at the time and which wer horrible to use without a lot of training (or even with it). By contrast, Unix commands were simple, self documenting. Anyone could use it.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m aware but it’s not unfriendly today People are just used to DOS
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWell, today it’s arguably more advanced, interface wise, than the other systems since they keep copying stuff from the X11 front ends. All the current GUIs are basically the same Once you’ve seen a couple WIMP interfaces, you’ve seen them all.
The purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven’t seen what it replaced.
Also friendliness doesn’t require a Fisher Price interface.
Let me say that I really like “Fisher Price interface”
Its called xp
This genuinely made me laugh hahaha
You should amend
With
Unix was meant to be much friendlier than the mainframe systems that wer prevalent at the time and which wer horrible to use without a lot of training (or even with it). By contrast, Unix commands were simple, self documenting. Anyone could use it.
I’m aware but it’s not unfriendly today
People are just used to DOS
Well, today it’s arguably more advanced, interface wise, than the other systems since they keep copying stuff from the X11 front ends.
All the current GUIs are basically the same Once you’ve seen a couple WIMP interfaces, you’ve seen them all.