From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <46E7EE42925499BF1B9558D2423340AA@eigenstate.org> <20190403132308.40f40cabe3c1388582669299@eigenstate.org> <20190403182228.09444137cdcf315f19033528@eigenstate.org> <358f702e-cd73-438a-939b-75b9d38c6843@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <358f702e-cd73-438a-939b-75b9d38c6843@www.fastmail.com> From: Michael Misch Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:04:51 -0600 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000ead670586972bf1" Subject: Re: [9fans] UI design | enhancements. Topicbox-Message-UUID: fa519e4c-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --0000000000000ead670586972bf1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" That's good to note. (I don't consider "WinGnoKDE" a good counterpoint anyways) but for example I have reasonably debilitating carpal tunnel issues, and the heavy mouse use is a major bane to my general enjoyment in Rio when it happens. On Mon., Apr. 15, 2019, 2:00 p.m. Ethan Gardener, wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, at 7:43 AM, Michael Misch wrote: > > The whole thing is a good discussion. plan9's design works, very well; > for about 80% of would be users. For differently abled people in any > capacity it all falls apart quickly. > > Begging your pardon, but for *this* differently abled person it's a huge > improvement on WinGnoKDE. Anyone who wants to make *text selection* > complicated ought not to be allowed near a computer, to say nothing of the > numerous other problems which get in the way of just getting accustomed to > and fluently using traditional GUI. > > --0000000000000ead670586972bf1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
That's good to note. (I don't consider "= ;WinGnoKDE" a good counterpoint anyways) but for example I have reason= ably debilitating carpal tunnel issues, and the heavy mouse use is a major = bane to my general enjoyment in Rio when it happens.

On Mon., Apr. 15, 2019, 2= :00 p.m. Ethan Gardener, <eekee57= @fastmail.fm> wrote:
On Mon,= Apr 15, 2019, at 7:43 AM, Michael Misch wrote:
> The whole thing is a good discussion. plan9's design works, very w= ell; for about 80% of would be users. For differently abled people in any c= apacity it all falls apart quickly.

Begging your pardon, but for *this* differently abled person it's a hug= e improvement on WinGnoKDE.=C2=A0 Anyone who wants to make *text selection*= complicated ought not to be allowed near a computer, to say nothing of the= numerous other problems which get in the way of just getting accustomed to= and fluently using traditional GUI.

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