Re: "Junk mail", Wolf & GUIs
> Another thing I'd like to ask of the Greats: more GUIs. The text-based
> interface came as a surprise to me. I never thought someone would care
> to take the [really great] trouble to write anything like that. Thanxalot,
> David. I owe you a bottla gin (or whatever you like).
The interface is great!
> While I'm on the subject of GUIs and the pet peeve-cum-love unto death
> WinDOS: I might be wrong but few non-business users care if they use
> Windows or DOS programs, or how robust the idea and implementation. It's
> really all about how attractive the interface is and how long it can
> hold their attention. (I'm not speaking about games, of course.) Generally,
> people tend to get sick and tired of the cloying W. interface quite soon--
> hence MS's emphasis on redoing the visuals in Win95 rather than adding much
> substance. Nifty interfaces that add some variety could keep the DOS
> market afloat for some time--what do you say?
I think that if DOS had a muti-program, multi-tasking GUI as part of
the DOS package that it would have a lot more usage. Windows gives
the users something that they can deal with on a regular basis.
Consistant Point and Click interfaces keep the novice users happy.
New PC buyers are not programmers for the most part and simply want
to use their computer. DOS scares most people. They don't won't to
have to learn "cryptic" commands. A new user can learn to manipulate
windows in the fraction of the time that he can with DOS. Tell a
user to change to a specific directory and delete a file in DOS and
a Windows user is lost. If DOS had something native to it like Windows
without the overhead, I think more applications would be written for
DOS. Applications run faster in native DOS and have less problems
than in windows.
L8r,
Greg.
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