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Kareeser · 08-10-2007, 11:49 AM

The entire goal of user-friendliness is to eliminate obfustication and confusion caused by feature creep.

The entire goal behind *nix is to be able to do "everything". Those are opposing goals.

It's as simple as that.

Combined with the fact that Windows is 90% GUI based, and the typical user will never use the command prompt, and the fact that Linux is 90% Terminal (arguably 100% terminal) makes for a very user-unfriendly interface.

The most user-friendly programs DON'T NEED MANUAL PAGES.

08-10-2007, 11:49 AM	#9
Kareeser Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 810	The entire goal of user-friendliness is to eliminate obfustication and confusion caused by feature creep. The entire goal behind nix is to be able to do "everything". Those are opposing goals. It's as simple as that. Combined with the fact that Windows is 90% GUI based, and the typical user will never use the command prompt, and the fact that Linux is 90% Terminal (arguably 100% terminal) makes for a very user-unfriendly interface. The most user-friendly programs DON'T NEED MANUAL PAGES*.