LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

[Tim]

On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 18:06 +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote:
> Ad point 1: who cares about mice, use the keyboard.

There are various things that one does with a computer that are just
about all graphical (e.g. working with photos).  Granted that there are
better than mice drawing tools, but it's the default tool that many
have, or maybe the only tool that they have.  Hopping between mouse and
keyboard, thanks to poor GUI design, IS BAD!

>             Using keyboard shortcuts I navigate easily and fast
>             between apps, even on different workspaces.

Despite using all manner of computers for over thirty years, I do not
remember many short cuts, certainly only a few of them.  And many of
them are so bizarre that you're highly unlikely to remember them.  It
gets worse when programmers change them between releases.

And, quite frankly, having to use a plethora of keyboard bashing strokes
instead of just mouse over and click, reminds me all too much of how
hard it is to play Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

Rather like CLI lovers saying how much better the keyboard is, and all
the mental and finger gymnastics they have to do, to copy some files out
of a directory, compared to drag-select with a mouse, drag one over and
drop, to copy them.

>             Even using the mouse is not very stressfull.

Bah, it is one of the crappest user interfaces ever designed, and causes
even more repetitive strain injuries than bad keyboarding.  About the
only things going for it are its simplicity and intuitiveness.

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