From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sean Sieger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:29 -0400 Message-ID: <878wugsycm.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20080818101802.GA2615@muc.de> <87bpzqqk7b.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818210927.GD2615@muc.de> <87wsidnxqp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080819155221.GA11524@muc.de> <871w0dcg6j.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080825220105.GA13599@muc.de> <87prnwgyvc.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080826100216.GA2505@muc.de> <87hc97ggq7.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080827210618.GA5374@muc.de> <48B5C356.1010709@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219953734 7337 80.91.229.12 (28 Aug 2008 20:02:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:02:14 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 28 22:03:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KYnhm-0000HF-OG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:02:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57819 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KYngn-0007xl-MM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYngj-0007xZ-Uk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYngi-0007xB-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54296 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KYngi-0007x8-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:48 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49234 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KYngh-0007VS-DN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KYngW-0006Ak-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:01:36 +0000 Original-Received: from pool-70-18-200-109.ny325.east.verizon.net ([70.18.200.109]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:01:36 +0000 Original-Received: from sean.sieger by pool-70-18-200-109.ny325.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:01:36 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 9 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-18-200-109.ny325.east.verizon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+LZjSrqENn7mVztZLpC4YoAdxFI= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103089 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: My impression is also that a consistent user interface matters a lot because it makes it much easier to learn a new application. Forgive me if I have misread your comment as comparative, but if I am on the right track, the user interfaces of say Ubuntu GNU/Linux and its office suite are no less consistent than those of Microsoft Windows XP and its office suite---not in my limited experience.