2014/1/9 kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> > Photoshop well deserves its monopoly >
I am of the opinion that nothing deserves a monopoly. > and my right to think that Photoshop GUI should be taught in seminars and > lectures about GUI design. > > PS did not earn its monopoly by accident or marketing, its there because > artists just love it. > It probably owes more to the sheer number of pirate photoshops that are out there, creating a "fan base". That´s again an opinion, however I do know quite a bunch of people who having been swearing by photoshop for quite a bunch of years, yet they´ve never owned a license, even when using it for business purposes. And you are debating about whether we should have confirm dialogs or not. > The way I see it , there is so many issues you have to address even before > worrying about this. > I fail to see the relevance of all the other "many issues" in finding a solution to this problem. Given that Igor uses Pharo constantly (or so I guess), he may very well wish for it to adapt to his workflow, and that should at least be as legitimate a concern as you wanting it to adapt to yours. In my opinion, it should be up to the users to decide whether they need their hands held or not, if there´s such a possibility. Some users will be more comfortable with the software babysitting them, and others prefer learning the hard way. Some users happily delete files relying on a recycle bin, others think hard if they want something deleted before actually doing it. I see no reason to conciously impose one over the other, given the opportunity to have both. Cheers, Sergi
