mikshaw
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Posted: Dec. 04 2007,19:22 |
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| Quote (roberts @ ,) | | Through use, suggestions, and contributions of the community, the associations will only improve. |
| Quote (lucky13 @ ,) | | Doesn't dfm open non-associated file-types as text files in an editor (beaver) by default? Maybe this can be remedied with dfm by launching the dfmext tool when unassociated file types are encountered if rc files can be excluded. |
I was thinking pretty much the same thing, although I forgot there was already a dfmext gui tool...I almost started developing it all over again.
| Quote (lucky13 @ ,) | | I think Windows' behavior is as configurable as Linux'. My XP desktop is very OSX-like right now, down to a functional animated dock. |
That merely scratches the surface, though, when compared to how much flexibility there is in desktop configuration in Linux. Simply attempting to use a different file manager than Windows Explorer can be a complicated task, and if you want to change the actual desktop (to bb4win, for example) you are looking at the possibility of causing some serious problems if you are not extremely careful. I'd say very few Windows users would do that beyond installing some add-ons and changing themes. And if I understood you correctly, when you said "I have no problem with that because Linux is highly adaptable and it can be set up to suit a user's needs" I think you might agree that regardless of how the Linux desktop is set up by default, it can be changed drastically if you do not like those defaults. It's not so easy to do in Windows. There are so many applications that are tied together on the Windows desktop that replacing one can cause another to fail. At one time I had Xoblite running in Windows 2000, and it worked pretty well apart from sometimes having Explorer try to take back the desktop...after running the control panel, for example.
| Quote | | I don't think what's under the hood really matters to users so much as whether they can manipulate it via familiar concepts. |
I assume you are making a generalization here, using the term "users" to mean "typical users" or even "most users". If that's the case, I agree with you. I don't know if I could agree so completely if it were "linux users". It seems a great number of linux users, possibly most, and even those who came from Windows, end up having a much greater appreciation of what's under the hood after they've been using it for a year or so. Even then, though, you may be very right is saying that it is still more important to them to be able to use familiar methods than it is to understand how the system works.
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