(I'm resending this since I think there was some miss-configuration at my
end that made the mail never reach the list. If it di I'm sorry to post
twice.)
Dale Hoogeveen wrote:
>Most people want the same convenience out of the PC that they get from
>their TV, microwave and automobile. It doesn't take a mechanic to drive
>to the grocery store, or a electronics repairman to watch a ball game.
But to drive a car you need to learn the traffic rules, what gear is the
best to use at diffrent times, basic repairs to the engine and changing
tires. Comparing a PC with a car isn't very smart (IMHO) if you want to
prove that it should be easy to use.
What's the average time to learn to operate a PC? A few weeks. How to
succesfully drive a car? That's a matter (at the very best) of months, in
worst cases several years.
And wat do you do if the VCR descieds to keep the tape inside? Get it to a
repairman? No, most people would try to get it out on their own. The
problem with learning PCs is that people have (by som strange reason) been
made terrified by media and others to try and use a PC without knowing
exactly what they do.
>How many people even get up and cross the room to change TV stations?
>We all use the remote. The mouse is the PC "remote".
Not if the remote is broken, almost (?) all people then try to switch
channels by going to the TV.
>There are so many technical things already in many people's lives that
>they must pick and choose which ones to learn in depth. For us to
>demand that they learn batch files (or Linux scripts) and the command
>line before they use Email or surf WWW, is kind of like requiring them
>to learn the scientific names and original habitat of the ancestors of
>the flowers they plant in their window boxes.
Knowing the names makes it easier to find out exactly how to put them
regarding sunshine and how much to water them. It isn't necisary but it
sure helps a lot.
>I certainly could write this Email at copy con and send it from the
>command line using switches, but what would be the point? CLI has
>benefited from the ease of point and click. So many more people are
>willing to be exposed to PCs that there are many more of us who dug a
>little and learned some of the basics than ever before. There is
>probably as much new DOS development now as at any time.
Sure GUI can be usable, sometimes, but the problem is that people don't
know how to operate a computer without one, and they are afraid to ever try
something new.
And yes I think there's much more development on DOS these days then there
ever was before (if we disregards games of course).
//Bernie
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