Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

Eric S. Raymond
2001-05-18T16:19:23Z

Jonathan Morton <chromi@cyberspace.org>:
> Not everyone falls into the "expert user" and "Aunt Tillie" categories.
> It's a *very* big grey area. If some semi-computer-literate user (ie. some
> friends of mine!) wants to upgrade their kernel so they have access to
> newer hardware (such as a cheap USB webcam), it should be made as simple as
> possible for them. CML1 doesn't handle that very well, I'd like to see
> it's replacement do better.

Yes. One of the reasons I keep Aunt Tillie in mind as a UI target is that
if I can design a configuration system that makes the task possible for her,
then I'll have one that makes it easy for this much larger class of
intermediate-level users.
--
Eric S. Raymond

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