On 01/07/12 17:13, Chris Liddell wrote:
> On 01/07/12 14:51, Tony Wood wrote:
>> On 01/07/12 09:56, Chris Liddell wrote:
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>> If you'd been at Popey's demo of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS at the Surrey meet in
>> Addlestone, Chris, you might have been converted to Unity - as were a
>> lot us.
>>
>> E.g. I get an instant Terminal window on this PC by pressing < win + 6 >
>> - that's just two keys, together.
>>
>> Using the search key (top of the icons), three letters finds a program
>> thanks to predictive text.
>>
>> I'm no 'power user' but it all seems pretty good to me.
>>
>> And compared to my previous MS experience of about 17 frustrating years,
>> this is computer heaven.
>> (Thank you Desmond.)
> Well, again, I come back to: if it works for you, great! And I am in no
> way claiming you are wrong, because of that.
>
> I respect the fact that you find Unity's way of working suits you - but
> don't I deserve the same respect with regard to finding Unity doesn't
> suit me?
>
> I admit, I am prone to snap decisions about these things: it's not a
> question of "I can use this" or "I can't use this", but more "this feels
> right" or "this feels wrong" - which is much more ethereal, harder to
> define. But if something "feels" right from early on, I will put the
> effort into learning to use it to fully satisfy my needs. If it feels
> wrong, I probably won't put that effort in unless I really have to.
>
>
> Maybe I'll ditch the desktop experience, and GUI and go find me a nice
> vt100 terminal to work at.......
>
> Chris
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Fair enough, Chris.
Bit like a car/motorbike: takes only a few minutes of driving/riding to
know whether it suits you or not.
To each his own.
Tony Wood
(from PC)
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