Re: Idea: easier transition for newcomers from other DEs/OSes
On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 19:15 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote:
Hi,
It's all about picking default settings new users wish. Imagine a user
who is coming from Windows to Fedora, but he has no clue how linux
works. It would greatly help him if the linux behaved to some extent
similar to Windows - meaning applications look (themes), window's
buttons layout (in this case same), menu layout, keyboard shortcuts etc.
The same for users coming from Mac OS and for users used to Gnome and
switching to KDE and opposite way. The idea is that user selects what he
wants his desktop resemble, and then the usage of the desktop would be
more intuitive to him.
Bzzt, logical fallacy. Read about the uncanny valley, then apply that
lesson to your argument. Point for point emulation is not just
technically infeasible, it's also a really really bad idea.
- ajax