Jaqui

my issue is,

why is Mandriva pulling a MALWARE practice and forcing install of unwanted software?

I do not want firefox sucking up hard drive space at all.

if I wanted an internet explorer look / feel browser I would use crossover office and install internet explorer.

Yup, default basic config of apache in Mandriva 2006 is broken, no running apache webserver.

Was the release rushed out to meet the 6 month schedule to have something as commonly used as apache broken?

[ aww, not only Mandriva, the security alterations in apache 2 have broken several commercial websites on upgrading, the error messages even state it's RHEL 4 based servers with the broken apache ]

it's more a case of implementing new security features without testing completely.

A simple one, uninstall this browser with the software management tools.

only problem is, some dip has made it a REQUIREMENT for half the software in the distro.

I use Mozilla Suite, not Firefox, I do not want Firefox installed at all.

so some dip's idea means either build from sources ripping requirements for firefox out of the distro, or switch distros.

bad enough that we get stuck with graphics under console unless we edit the boot options after install, now we are being treated to M$ style crap and having unwanted software forced on us.

I use linux... whats more to say damnit! :D Who cares what distro?

exactly.

mdk, deb, lfs, it's all linux and not that legacy os that is shipping with systems.

wireframing to me says 3d model and display the "wires" that are the mesh.

something like they did with wings logo.

OK, I'll open this up into a proper religious debate...

 

The GIMP's user interface is unutterably dreadful.

yup, though not for the reasons you think it is.

No, not because it's inherently awful - if you did nothing but use the GIMP all day, you'd adjust quickly and you'd be fine. But the trouble is that everything is different from every other applicaion, for no good reason that I can see.

 

I use it occasionally, and although I don't expect to remember exactly where the "cubism" filter is, I certainly shouldn't have to re-learn where the "save" command is every time. On all other programs I use, it's in File > Save or Save as... I can access it via the keyboard as Alt-F S or Alt-F A. On the GIMP, it's in the right-click menu, and this confuses me every time.

 

Again, you may say, "you will get used to it". My reply is "Why should I have to?"

 

Jacob Nielsen, web usability guru, sums it nicely in this page: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991114.html. He's talking about webpages, but the following quote applies to applications too:

 

If 80% or more of the big sites do things in a single way, then this is the de-facto standard and you have to comply. Only deviate from a design standard if your alternative design has at least 100% higher measured usability. [...] The fact is, no website is seen in isolation: users come to your site expecting things to work the same way they are already used to.

The GIMP is a superb program, but in my opinion its power is much less accessible because its user interface sucks.

 

Right-o, let the flamewar commence...

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but from the simple fact of the multiple top level window interface.

put it all in one box peoples!!!

forget this interface that can be on 15 different desktops simultaneously!!!

it's as bad as both vi and emacs. ( antiquated alien application logic and command structure )

[ ooooohh the other holy war ]

but then photoshop needs to do something to fix thier interface also, so don't be thinking that it's worth using. it's not.

the best interface is versions 8 and 9 of corel's photo-paint.