From: ethridge@netcom.com (Allen B. Ethridge)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 95 21:17:06 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Even more unix holy war. Was "Clinton freezes U.S. assets .."
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>I am writing this under sun's unix imitation of Microsoft's
>and Apples GUI.  I am using their almost acceptable ASCII editor.
>
>I leave a window open for a long time.
>
>Then I attempt close down the window, an operation that I can
>do in Microsoft Windows with a single double click.  In unix
>I click on the border to bring to popup a menu, carefull drag
>to the right point on the menu, then release.  In addition
>the menu names are confusing.  If you want to minimize a
>window you have to "close" it.  If you want to cause a window
>to cease to be, you have to "quit" it -- Hey did I not already
>quit it when I forgot about it and went to do something else.
>
>
>A warning message comes up:  I have not saved.  I am offered the
>options of quiting or not quitting.
>
>Gee guys, did it never occur to the great unix gurus that at
>this point the option that the user most likely wants to do
>is save the file.  How come the number one most common option
>is not in the message box.


I think you've confused whatever poorly designed GUI you've chosen
to use with UNIX.  The GUI on my workstation at work doesn't behave
like this.  It's not as intuitive as my Mac, but it does bear a
rather frightening resemblance to the Windows system that my brother
has on is Compaq.

Unix isn't a GUI, or even a UI.  It's an operating system.  And it
performs that function better than most.

        allen


allen@well.sf.ca.us          It's dangerous, child, to come to conclusions
ethridge@netcom.com          when you don't have any facts.
my opinions are my own       Dr. Hemlock, The Eiger Sanction