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  • voidMainVoid@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlThoughts on this?
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    10 months ago

    I’m going to post this thread anytime I get some random screaming about how Linux is soooo much easier than Windows.

    What a ridiculous straw man. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody promote Linux but claiming that it’s easier than Windows.

    This bullshit is the number 1 detractor of adoption.

    That’s a trend I’ve noticed from Linux critics: they had some bad experience due to a use case that they didn’t feel was properly catered to, and because they had a bad experience, that’s the reason why more people aren’t choosing Linux.

    I’ve never used mouse gestures. I’m willing to bet most users don’t. People aren’t picking up Linux and going “Aaarrrgghhh! This sucks, because I can’t program my mouse gestures!” This sounds like a power user feature. Catering to power users so that they don’t badmouth you online is not a good UX design strategy.


  • Consensus doesn’t require everyone in the world to agree it just requires the majority to agree

    An overwhelming majority, yes. Do you a have a survey or study that demonstrates this?

    clearly the majority do otherwise the comment that it’s confusing would not have been made.

    This makes no sense. Anybody can make any comment. Just because I say a thing doesn’t mean that the majority agrees with me.







  • voidMainVoid@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world:wq!
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    10 months ago

    One word: ergonomics.

    With Dvorak, the most commonly-used letters are on the home row. In fact, all of the vowels are on the home row.

    The most common letter in English is E, and QWERTY makes you reach for it. You know what IS on the home row? Fuckin’ semicolon! Can you even remember the last time you used a semicolon?

    I spend a lot of time at work sitting, so I’d rather have a comfortable chair than an uncomfortable chair. Same with my keyboard: I’d rather have a comfortable layout than an uncomfortable one. Less risk of repetitive strain injury, too.


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    10 months ago

    Some people like vim the way it is. That’s why they haven’t re-invented it. If you want to use a more intuitive text editor, there are plenty available (such as nano or micro).They don’t need to turn vim into a clone of something that already exists.

    As for why it’s still the default… It’s the same reason why everybody uses QWERTY keyboards when Dvorak is clearly superior. People already know how to type with QWERTY and they don’t want to take the time to re-learn with a new layout, change their workflows, etc.

    It isn’t universal, though. Garuda Linux defaults to micro. The web dev boot camp I was in didn’t bring vim up at all! We only used nano! I think that was a disservice to the students, but the instructors must’ve thought that it would be too confusing.