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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven't seen what it replaced.

Also friendliness doesn't require a Fisher Price interface.

[–] TiredInsomniac@feddit.it 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Let me say that I really like "Fisher Price interface"

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago

This genuinely made me laugh hahaha

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 9 months ago

When I first saw XP was when I stopped using windows. So bad.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You should amend

You haven’t seen what it replaced

With

You aren’t used to it

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unix was meant to be much friendlier than the mainframe systems that wer prevalent at the time and which wer horrible to use without a lot of training (or even with it). By contrast, Unix commands were simple, self documenting. Anyone could use it.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m aware but it’s not unfriendly today

People are just used to DOS

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, today it's arguably more advanced, interface wise, than the other systems since they keep copying stuff from the X11 front ends.

All the current GUIs are basically the same Once you've seen a couple WIMP interfaces, you've seen them all.