[Mailman-Developers] The Philosophy of Web Use.

[Brad Knowles]

Barry wrote:

> OTOH, I've used Linux and OSX, and before that NeXT, Solaris and
> various Unixes for (unfortunately, way :) longer than there's been a
> web, and except for the Windows programming I do at work, haven't
> ever used IE for any substantial amount of time.

I've been using Unix and the Internet since the summer of 1984, and a
Macintosh Fanatic since December of 1983 (when I saw a prototype, before
the official unveiling during the SuperBowl commercial).  I've never
voluntarily used IE, except when I'm at my parents house and I need to do
something on the web with her computer -- which is almost never, since I
always take my laptop with me.

>                                         I would love to have a
self-discoverable
> interface, or an interface that can be used to selectively reveal
> just the parts you're interested.

I just read the intro to a Slashdot article at
<http://slashdot.org/articles/06/07/06/1654242.shtml>, which quoted the
following section:

| Dollar for dollar, network-based computers are faster. Unless you're
playing Grand Theft
| Auto or watching HDTV, your network isn't the slowest part of your
setup. It's the
| consumer-grade Pentium and disk drive on your Dell, and the wimpy home
data bus
| that connects them. Home computers are marketed with slogans like "Ultimate
| Performance," but the truth is they're engineered to run cool, quiet,
and slow compared
| to commercial servers.

I'm not 100% certain the original author being quoted by Slashdot is
right, but at the very least I think you have to give some serious
consideration to what the author is saying.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org>

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755

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