On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 20:18 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:40:08 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > Indeed it does, but would it not be a better idea to create a program > > which helped people improve their language and reeading skills, > > instead of creating a program which only made the unix command line > > environment available to the linguistically challenged. > > > > A much better use of the letters I and E - Illiteracy Exterminator > > than the more usual one. > > > ... Where did that come from? I'm not talking about people who are lazy > in their spelling, I'm talking about those who think in heavily visual terms. > > Trust me on this point, I know a couple who are very technically minded > but can not cope with a system that is built around language. > > > i.e. A visual shell? > > > I'm pretty sure that I've seen that term used in a broader sense. >
Actually, I have that problem with my wife. She is almost entirely visual and to teach her anything with a computer is completely frustrating. A visual shell would be a godsend. Cheers Chris T
