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So what you are saying is that
It's different to the Command Line because you use different commands?
Sure there are other ways of doing it but when so many sprout that it's easy and to type in whatever it's using the Command Line for whatever reason.
The reason why so many people jumped to Windows was because there was no need to use the Command Line at all and that they had Icons to click on either on the desktop or in Sub Menu's which meant that they never go near the command line ever again. That really meant No Typing Names or needing to remember Important Phrases.
Needing to type whatever in instead of using a Menu System under those conditions most defiantly isn't a step forward for those people. Doesn't matter if they don't have to first change Directories and then start the application by typing in the necessary commands the need to type is what so many people complained about in the first place with using computers.
What's the difference between needing to remember strange Commands and even stranger Application Names to start things?
After all what would the average person think Ado.exe means?
The reason why I refer to this being a Substitute Command Line is because so many people from Microsoft down are spooking just how easy it is to Launch Applications from the Start Menu/Screen/Metro or whatever you want to call it by pressing the windows key and typing.
They seem to have forgotten the reasons why they pushed so hard to not need to type anything to get applications running which was the Claimed Big Advantage of using Windows in the first place.
The moment that they realize that all devices are not the same and some may need a different GUI to best suit their intended use the better off we'll all be but if they insist on retaining the On Size Fits All it's going to hurt them for a very long time to come. Not all Committee Decision no matter how well intentioned that they are work or are the best way to go. The places that stick to those Committee Decisions regardless, because there is a Reason for them in the companies eyes, be that Carbon Fiber Frames for Moto GP Bikes or Metro for using Windows 8 is a sign of a Company where the Decision Making Process has got more important that what the users want.
This was Microsoft's big advantage when they started with IBM is that they where not a Massive Bureaucracy which needed years to instigate change. They moved from 8 to 16 Bit processing very quickly when 16 Bit Hardware became available and then to 32 Bit processing. However it's now been years since 64 Bit processing was available and we are now only starting to have 64 Bit OS's being predominate. This isn't because of any Advantages of 64 Bit OS's but because we have outgrown 32 Bit Software and it's unable to sufficiently address the Hardware needs of todays users. It's been years since we started seeing 64 Bit Software being made available and it's only since the advent of 7 that we have seen wide spread use of it starting.
Personally I wouldn't be at all surprised if we had 256 Bit Hardware well and truly available for all before we see a move to 128 Bit Software. The bigger Microsoft gets the slower they are to respond to changes and the more bureaucratic they get.
They are IBM all over again.
Col
Sure there are other ways of doing it but when so many sprout that it's easy and to type in whatever it's using the Command Line for whatever reason.
The reason why so many people jumped to Windows was because there was no need to use the Command Line at all and that they had Icons to click on either on the desktop or in Sub Menu's which meant that they never go near the command line ever again. That really meant No Typing Names or needing to remember Important Phrases.
Needing to type whatever in instead of using a Menu System under those conditions most defiantly isn't a step forward for those people. Doesn't matter if they don't have to first change Directories and then start the application by typing in the necessary commands the need to type is what so many people complained about in the first place with using computers.
What's the difference between needing to remember strange Commands and even stranger Application Names to start things?
After all what would the average person think Ado.exe means?
The reason why I refer to this being a Substitute Command Line is because so many people from Microsoft down are spooking just how easy it is to Launch Applications from the Start Menu/Screen/Metro or whatever you want to call it by pressing the windows key and typing.
They seem to have forgotten the reasons why they pushed so hard to not need to type anything to get applications running which was the Claimed Big Advantage of using Windows in the first place.
The moment that they realize that all devices are not the same and some may need a different GUI to best suit their intended use the better off we'll all be but if they insist on retaining the On Size Fits All it's going to hurt them for a very long time to come. Not all Committee Decision no matter how well intentioned that they are work or are the best way to go. The places that stick to those Committee Decisions regardless, because there is a Reason for them in the companies eyes, be that Carbon Fiber Frames for Moto GP Bikes or Metro for using Windows 8 is a sign of a Company where the Decision Making Process has got more important that what the users want.
This was Microsoft's big advantage when they started with IBM is that they where not a Massive Bureaucracy which needed years to instigate change. They moved from 8 to 16 Bit processing very quickly when 16 Bit Hardware became available and then to 32 Bit processing. However it's now been years since 64 Bit processing was available and we are now only starting to have 64 Bit OS's being predominate. This isn't because of any Advantages of 64 Bit OS's but because we have outgrown 32 Bit Software and it's unable to sufficiently address the Hardware needs of todays users. It's been years since we started seeing 64 Bit Software being made available and it's only since the advent of 7 that we have seen wide spread use of it starting.
Personally I wouldn't be at all surprised if we had 256 Bit Hardware well and truly available for all before we see a move to 128 Bit Software. The bigger Microsoft gets the slower they are to respond to changes and the more bureaucratic they get.
They are IBM all over again.
Col
Moderator Posted by HAL 9000
7th Jan
