From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from babel.hpcc.noaa.gov ([140.90.74.62]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 177IGL-0008UE-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 12:01:25 -0400 Received: from localhost (jwantz@localhost) by babel.hpcc.noaa.gov (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g4DG1RY30655 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 12:01:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:01:27 -0400 (EDT) From: jwantz@hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: xwindows In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Charlie, Well, I personally like those cryptic commands--each one does a single task well. I hate tabbing through a long list of checkboxes and radio buttons (oops, which radio button in the last 15 did I check?) As for quickness Jim, there are a few tasks in that unmentionable series of operating systems that are achievable very quickly--but I find most tasks very cumbersome on those graphical OS's. Of course having worked on UNIX systems for about 8 years might have somethingto do with my attitude. Jim Wantz WB0TFK On Mon, 13 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Charlie: > > Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing > such a menuing system! > > hint hint hint > > Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well, > that's another story. > > Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because > it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something > the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why > doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you? > > Back at the command line? > > Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing > system, is far worse. > > Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning. > > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > Jim, > > > > There is access not far off. I would like to see a menuing system > > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to > > remember all those commands and switches. > > > > -- charlie Crawford. > > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui? > > > > > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text > > >mode. I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the winxp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >