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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

The purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven't seen what it replaced.

Also friendliness doesn't require a Fisher Price interface.

[-] TiredInsomniac@feddit.it 31 points 1 year ago

Let me say that I really like "Fisher Price interface"

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This genuinely made me laugh hahaha

[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

When I first saw XP was when I stopped using windows. So bad.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

You should amend

You haven’t seen what it replaced

With

You aren’t used to it

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Unix was meant to be much friendlier than the mainframe systems that wer prevalent at the time and which wer horrible to use without a lot of training (or even with it). By contrast, Unix commands were simple, self documenting. Anyone could use it.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I’m aware but it’s not unfriendly today

People are just used to DOS

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, today it's arguably more advanced, interface wise, than the other systems since they keep copying stuff from the X11 front ends.

All the current GUIs are basically the same Once you've seen a couple WIMP interfaces, you've seen them all.

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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