Git is sometimes used to maintain e.g. design assets and documentation. I guess non-technical people will learn to use git when it's mandatory part of their work.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:52 PM, 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor < leo-editor@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On Fri, 9 May 2014 20:13:17 -0700 (PDT) > Richard Cranium <completea55h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Like all the non-technical people that managed to learn git? > > I don't quite understand your comment, and I'm considering trying to > teach non-technical people git, so I'm curious. Is there a context > where you see a lot of non-technical people using git? Via git-hub, or > some other UI? Or is it not as hard as it seems if it's explained > right? > > Thanks, Terry > > > On Saturday, May 3, 2014 10:15:17 PM UTC-5, duf...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > I am a long-time lurker on this newsgroup, and I have noticed that > > > in the last few months there have been significant improvements to > > > Leo, in the hopes of making it more accessible to the non-technical > > > crowd. It was certainly a move in the right direction but, alas, I > > > think it was not enough. The point of my argument is that Leo is > > > still too technically-oriented, and this alienates so many > > > potential users. You just have to read the posts on this newsgroup > > > (as I have been doing for a long time), to realize that people with > > > little or no programming experience are bound to find major > > > difficulties in using Leo, from the very beginning. Just trying to > > > configure the simplest (UI-related) settings is a major challenge. > > > This issue was already raised in the past, but is yet to be solved. > > > > > > Why can't we (non-technical people) be relieved with having to > > > tinker with the internal workings of Leo? Come to think of it, the > > > overwhelming majority of modern programs are totally GUI-based, so > > > that the settings can be easily changed via menus. Why can't we > > > have this in Leo too, instead of having to learn technical jargon > > > and manually modify settings files? I really don't get it. > > > > > > Please, consider doing something radical about it (e.g. > > > refurbishing the default menus with all the main commands and > > > settings, at least), or realistically Leo might be bound for > > > extinction. > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > Duf > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
