Re: [osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-11 Thread Ché Kristo
I always thought generics could not be used as trademarks but keep on seeing such things slip through...damn apple! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Anon Y Mous wrote: > trickii >> This may sound common sense but the average user may not understand everyday >> technical speak...one example of accepted language is 'Apps store' instead >> of 'repository'... >> Do we need to rename this to 'Apps store' instead of 'repository' in the >> next re

Re: [osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-09 Thread Anon Y Mous
trickii >This may sound common sense but the average user may not understand everyday > technical speak...one example of accepted language is 'Apps store' instead of > 'repository'... > Do we need to rename this to 'Apps store' instead of 'repository' in the next > release? You're talking a l

Re: [osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-03 Thread Shawn Walker
Peter Jones wrote: I am reading the numerous articles giving reasons why people find it difficult to adopt new operating systems..one reason is language...to be more precise its language that the average user recognises.This may sound common sense but the average user may not understand everyd

Re: [osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-03 Thread Martin Bochnig
no as soon as ips is as stable as it should (and will) be, then it will be good. but changing language is for Mac'ies. But even after changes like that and colorful flower-icons on the desktop, I doubt OS would win the minds and hearts of Hollywood. So forget about getting free indirect backgroun

[osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-03 Thread Peter Jones
I am reading the numerous articles giving reasons why people find it difficult to adopt new operating systems..one reason is language...to be more precise its language that the average user recognises.This may sound common sense but the average user may not understand everyday technical speak...