On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 12:57 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> But I'm a geek. At what cost have we dumbed-down the computer
>>> so that nearly anyone can use it? And are you aware that in
>>> the minds of marketing people, the market is *far* from
>>> saturated, as there are still lots of people who never use
>>> them and don't have them. So you can expect another order of
>>> magnitude of dumbing-down...
>>
>> It is not hiding information that is the problem, it is
>> locking the knowlage it in a safe, throwing away the key
>> and dumping in the sea.
>
> This is why I think OS X will be favorable with many "geeks". Apple is
> AOLizing the UI so that people that currently are still afraid of a
> computer, will be willing to use it. Apple is dumbing it down as much as
> they can (just look at the colored buttons for close, minimize and
> expand).
>
> BUT... Apple is leaving all the hard core tools there. They aren't
> stopping anyone from using them. They are just providing pretty front
> ends to the most commonly needed and wanted tools.
>
> Basically, Apple is trying to make OS X a "magic toaster oven"...
Which I think, after using OS X for about 3 1/2 months, they are close
to having. From my limited OS exposure, Apple has now gotten closer to the
Magic Toaster than any other computer company out there. It loads nice,
easy, and slick. Actually, too easy for my taste, but that's a different,
OT story...
Once it gets itself up and running, the power users just need to
browse a little bit to the NetInfo Manager to enable the root user. it's
hidden just enough out of the way so that most users won't stumble on it..
.
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