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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Snit
Date: May 12, 2008 13:58

"Rick" nomail.com> stated in post
pc2dnYqa1M_QObXVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@supernews.com on 5/12/08 1:10 PM:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:57:39 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> "Ezekiel" b.com> writes:
>>
> mobile_dc;_ylt=Agtv9PkOHqMrWUKMNA6mxqkjtBAF
>>>
>>>
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Rick
Date: May 12, 2008 15:29

On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:27:27 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> "Rick" nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:pc2dnYia1M9VPrXVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@supernews.com...
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 09:51:14 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>>
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: The Ghost In The Machine
Date: May 12, 2008 18:36

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Snit
gallopinginsanity.com>
wrote
on Mon, 12 May 2008 13:58:50 -0700
gallopinginsanity.com>:
> "Rick" nomail.com> stated in post
> pc2dnYqa1M_QObXVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@supernews.com on 5/12/08 1:10 PM:
>
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:57:39 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> "Ezekiel" b.com> writes:
>>>
>> mobile_dc;_ylt=Agtv9PkOHqMrWUKMNA6mxqkjtBAF
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps no single device has had more impact on mobile music than
>>>> Apple's iPhone. While only 6.7 percent of overall mobile customers use
>>>> their phone to listen to music, rising to 27.9 percent for smartphone
>>>> users, a full 74.1 percent of iPhone owners reported using the device ...
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Gregory Shearman
Date: May 13, 2008 00:03

On 2008-05-13, The Ghost In The Machine sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:
>
> I count 4 GUIs in all Linux distros:
>
> KDE
> Gnome
> Motif
> Shell CLI

Could you call the shell CLI a Graphical user interface?

I know it can run the curses library but is this really graphical? I
would have thought it was character cell based rather than graphical.

You _can_ use a mouse in the CLI so perhaps it _could_ be called a GUI
at an extreme pinch...

--
Regards,

Gregory.
Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Rick
Date: May 13, 2008 02:33

On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:36:54 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Snit
> gallopinginsanity.com>
> wrote
> on Mon, 12 May 2008 13:58:50 -0700
> gallopinginsanity.com>:
>> "Rick" nomail.com> stated in...
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Snit
Date: May 13, 2008 07:23

"Rick" nomail.com> stated in post
pc2dnYCa1M_J_bTVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@supernews.com on 5/13/08 2:33 AM:
>> I count 4 GUIs in all Linux distros:
>>
>> KDE
>> Gnome
>> Motif
>> Shell CLI
>>
>> A fifth one is possible though not many tools use it nowadays; however,
>> xrn is still available as a newsreader...
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Hadron
Date: May 13, 2008 07:28

Snit gallopinginsanity.com> writes:
> "Rick" nomail.com> stated in post
> pc2dnYCa1M_J_bTVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@supernews.com on 5/13/08 2:33 AM:
>
>>> I count 4 GUIs in all Linux distros:
>>>
>>> KDE
>>> Gnome
>>> Motif
>>> Shell CLI...
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: Moshe Goldfarb
Date: May 13, 2008 08:12

On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:28:12 +0200, Hadron wrote:
> Snit gallopinginsanity.com> writes:
>
>> "Rick" nomail.com> stated in post
>> pc2dnYCa1M_J_bTVnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@supernews.com on 5/13/08 2:33 AM:
>>
>>>> I count 4 GUIs in all Linux distros...
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: The Ghost In The Machine
Date: May 13, 2008 10:50

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Gregory Shearman
netscape.net>
wrote
on 13 May 2008 07:03:13 GMT
netscape.net>:
> On 2008-05-13, The Ghost In The Machine sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:
>>
>> I count 4 GUIs in all Linux distros:
>>
>> KDE
>> Gnome
>> Motif
>> Shell CLI
>
> Could you call the shell CLI a Graphical user interface?

I suppose the G *is* a bit of a stretch -- but it is a UI.
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Re: Apple - Proving that usability makes a difference.         


Author: rick
Date: May 13, 2008 00:09

Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
(snip)
>
> Rick has gone off the deep end lately.
> He needs to sit back and regain his marbles.
>

So says flatfarb....
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