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From: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ...
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:35:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <w5ob8adqx0.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87r4d6x6dv.fsf@motoko.kusanagi

wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) writes:

> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Please don't feel compelled, I don't think that thread was meant so
>> seriously (including my post). But if you want to expose your
>> grandparents to the world of computers for the very first time, and you
>> love them more than you love RMS, maybe you should consider my anecdotal
>> evidence ...
>
> My grandmother (and presumably many people's grandparents) used
> computers for work, and they were command-line based with monochrome
> displays.  Why assume that touchscreen GUIs are inherently intuitive?
> (Hint: the fact that they don't come with manuals is not evidence of this).
>

To even begin to suggest its as easy for the majority to manipulate the
command line as it is to use a well designed GUI front end is somewhat
silly. Regardless of what your Grandmother may or may not have done :
the idea they might understand elisp and the gnus way is a little
shortsighted and intransigent ;)

-- 
Sent using Emacs/Gnus from home ...




  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-03 12:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-13  2:54 What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus Don Saklad
2013-08-13  7:11 ` Thorsten Jolitz
     [not found] ` <mailman.3094.1376377917.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-13 14:55   ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-13 15:41     ` Thorsten Jolitz
     [not found]     ` <mailman.3131.1376408540.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-13 16:23       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-28  9:49       ` Glen Stark
2013-09-02 11:44         ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-09-02 13:20           ` Jambunathan K
2013-09-02 21:26           ` W. Greenhouse
2013-09-03 12:35             ` Richard Riley [this message]
     [not found]           ` <mailman.1212.1378157299.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-09-02 22:01             ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-09-03  0:58               ` W. Greenhouse
2013-09-03  2:12             ` Rustom Mody
2013-09-03  2:44               ` W. Greenhouse
2013-09-03 12:36                 ` Richard Riley
     [not found]               ` <mailman.1233.1378176315.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-09-03  3:56                 ` Rustom Mody
2013-09-03 12:38                   ` Richard Riley
2013-09-03 14:37                     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-09-03 16:44                     ` W. Greenhouse
2013-09-03 20:13                       ` Jambunathan K
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.1282.1378239114.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-09-04  3:40                         ` Rustom Mody
2013-09-02 13:55         ` Jambunathan K
2013-08-13 17:58 ` Carson Chittom
2013-08-13 19:01   ` configurable means hard? [was: ... easier explanation how to setup gnus ...] Drew Adams
2013-08-13 20:30     ` Carson Chittom
2013-08-13 21:01       ` Drew Adams
2013-08-14  5:19         ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]         ` <mailman.3178.1376457548.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-14  5:26           ` Rustom Mody
2013-08-14 14:05           ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]     ` <mailman.3159.1376425851.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-14 14:02       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-14 14:44         ` Drew Adams
2013-08-14 17:14         ` Rustom Mody
2013-08-16 18:40           ` Ken Goldman
     [not found]           ` <mailman.188.1376678430.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-17 10:59             ` Rustom Mody
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3146.1376420497.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-14  3:11     ` Jason Rumney
2013-08-13 20:17 ` What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus W. Greenhouse
     [not found] ` <mailman.3154.1376425093.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-14  3:29   ` Rustom Mody

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