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[Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, September 01, 2010 07:17:55 pm Frederik Nnaji wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 19:16, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If you're using apt-get, then you aren't in the target audience Ayatana
> > is designing for.
> 
> I think the CLI is definitely part of an ordinary Ubuntu experience for
> about 50% of Ubuntu users.. imagine getting workarounds from forums and
> wiki sites into place without guiding the novice through the CLI for a few
> commands..
> 
> Apart from that, getting the CLI dialogs right is an essential step in the
> evolution of interface metaphors. The GUI is born in the CLI, if you ask
> me..

Right is a function of the audience.  I think that CLI package management 
users are more likely to be annoyed by excessively nanyish warnings from their 
package manager than helped by them.

Scott K