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[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 19:58, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>

I agree, "right" depends on who's lookin.

on another note..
i'm feeling like there's still too much developer vs consumer here.. Traits
of elitarism.
The new concept is prosumer aka community-driven, everyone contributes,
using is participating already. There is also little sense in classifying
groups of users by the applications they use in this particular context:
community is a classless system.