From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>
Cc: jmbarranquero@laley.wke.es
Subject: Re: Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs?
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 12:09:54 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200305301709.h4UH9sm20508@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874r3c2ye2.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Alex Schroeder on Fri, 30 May 2003 18:27:17 +0200)
Alex Schroeder wrote:
Juanma Barranquero <jmbarranquero@laley.wke.es> writes:
> Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> But then again, usability expert Jeff Raskin claims that whenever
>> there is something to customize, it means that the developpers didn't
>> know what design decision was the best and left it up to the users
>> (who aren't usability experts, either).
>
> Seems like a fairly narrow POV. "Whenever", indeed? What if there's *no*
> best decision?
Heh, simple: Try harder! :)
This is completely ridiculous. Denying the importance of
customizability is denying the importance of individuality. People
are not just all isomorphic carbon copies of each other.
Sincerely,
Luc.
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <E19LPs9-0002b6-0o@monty-python.gnu.org>
2003-05-29 20:57 ` Will default key bindings spell the death of Emacs? Lars Hansen
2003-05-29 21:47 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-29 22:04 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-29 22:45 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 6:52 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-30 10:11 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2003-05-30 10:32 ` Alex Schroeder
2003-05-30 10:52 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 12:06 ` Jan D.
2003-05-30 11:06 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-30 11:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2003-05-30 16:27 ` Alex Schroeder
2003-05-30 17:09 ` Luc Teirlinck [this message]
2003-05-30 17:13 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-31 20:19 ` David Kastrup
2003-05-31 21:31 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-06-01 0:14 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-01 11:24 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-06-01 12:12 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-01 19:36 ` Jan D.
2003-06-01 19:43 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-01 20:18 ` Jan D.
2003-05-29 23:58 ` Alan Shutko
2003-05-30 0:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-30 5:20 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 17:29 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-30 19:55 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-02 21:27 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-02 22:05 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-03 16:25 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-06-03 20:28 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-02 22:42 ` Luc Teirlinck
2003-06-03 16:26 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-30 7:16 ` Lars Hansen
2003-05-30 13:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-05-31 19:52 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-31 20:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-02 11:15 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-02 17:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-06-03 10:58 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-30 13:26 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 0:47 ` Tak Ota
2003-05-30 1:48 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 5:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 6:09 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 17:13 ` Richard Stallman
2003-05-30 19:58 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-01 15:52 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-01 17:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-29 22:10 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-05-30 5:13 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 6:33 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 7:53 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-05-30 8:05 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-30 13:26 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-04 11:20 ` Andreas Schwab
2003-06-04 12:49 ` Lars Hansen
2003-06-04 13:08 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-05 12:13 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-06-05 21:46 ` Richard Stallman
2003-06-05 21:55 ` David Kastrup
2003-06-05 12:45 Robert J. Chassell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-30 8:57 Lars Hansen
[not found] <E19LWOR-0001eW-Nm@monty-python.gnu.org>
2003-05-30 6:36 ` Lars Hansen
[not found] <1054178219.882.88.camel@morgan>
2003-05-29 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-05-29 14:38 ` Jan D.
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