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jdredd@eagle.ns.net (James DeBenedetti) wrote:
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>-WYSIWIG:  Keeps me from printing out sliced up garbage when I print
>spreadsheets with different fonts.

Then don't print it out.  It becomes rather useless when it's no longer
machinable.

>
>-GUI:  Keeps me from having to type in dozens of 10+ character
>filenames when I want to delete a portion of what's in a directory. 
>This also makes it easy to modify the OS by dragging in and out
>functions that I don't want.

Aside from the fact that just about every CLI has a way to avoid doing
this -- I find it far too easy to have accidents with every GUI I've
ever used.

>
>-Cut & Paste:  Nice when I want to transfer a graphic to my word
>processing document.  It's also a fast way to copy text from the middle
>of a word processing document to the middle of a spreadsheet.

I'll admit that Cut/Paste is a bit easier with a GUI, at least to figure
out how to do.  You can generally do it faster with a CLI once you've learned
how.

>
>-24 bit Color:  Don't you Unix types use computers for anything besides
>database manipulation and file transfers?  :-)  Please see "Video"
>below.

24 bit Color is data structure manipulation -- and not very interesting really.
Fast matrix multiplication is a much more interesting subject -- I'd make do
with fewer colors in exchange for being able to present them in 3d rapidly.

>
>-Video:  Whether you classify Quicktime as an application or OS
>extension doesn't change the fact that it wasn't done fifteen years
>ago.  Personally, I would much rather have video conferencing than
>POTS.

I DO NOT WANT TO GET DRESSED IN ORDER TO SIT IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER.
I have zero, nada, no interest in video conferencing.

>
>-Voice Recognition:  As much a part of the Mac OS as Quicktime.  There
>are many times when I'm doing something away from the computer and
>would like to  direct it without having to go over and type in a bunch
>of commands.  This would also be a cool remote control system for a
>computer with video-in.

And it doesn't really exist.  Thus, no progress.


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