From: dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID L. JOHNSON) Subject: Re: Lack of Imagination (was Re: Wordprocessor ... ) Date: 31 May 1993 15:19:14 GMT
In article <1993May28.151429.4459@wixer.bga.com>, rhodesia@wixer.bga.com (Felix S. Gallo) writes:
>
>Perhaps this is a sign of the direction Linux is taking, but in
>my opinion, you people should start thinking for yourselves and
>implementing something whizzy and solid (like Linux) rather than
>something slow which requires emacs or anything "object oriented".
>Using emacs is a complete intellectual copout. Do you really
>think that you could devise an easy-to-use killer app for Linux
>when the first page of the instructions read "first, get and
>compile emacs19..."?
>
I agree. It reminds me of the first time I helped a friend change a clutch.
the first line of *those* instructions were: ``Remove transmission''...
>It's also possible to do much, much better than the Word Perfect
>interface. Perhaps a few well-done pie menus with accelerator
>keys. All you have to do is think.
>
I don't agree so much here. The idea seems to be to entice people. How better
than to have a clone of the standard word-processor? Besides, it (WP) now has
pull-down menus, which would seem reasonable. As would real WP file exporting
capabilities.
-- Sincerely,David L. Johnson ID: dlj0@lehigh.edu Christmas-Saucon Hall #14, rm 241 dlj0@chern.math.lehigh.edu Department of Mathematics
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