[arachne] Re: Mouse? (was Browser Won't Start In Default Home Page)
- From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:34:11 -0500
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Jason,
I agree with you. <ggg> I never suggested
that anyone had to do it my way. If you have such a
statement made by me then please show it to me.
I only described how I do it and how it works best
for me. I only gave explanations for how things work
as I have experienced them. I was only extending
a helping hand as others have done for me. That's
how I have learned. I will continue to extend a helping
hand when I can and when someone seems to be asking
for help. I will not force my help on anyone. They can
take it or leave it. However, I have learned that if I
bite the hand that is extended to help me then often
that hand is not extended the next time I need help.
I don't care if the other guy prefers a mouse or CLI
just as long as he doesn't try to force his preferences
on me. Just like you said, I use both methods.
Sometimes some functions can be performed better
with a mouse...but....that is usually only because
the the programmer designed it that way.
I prefer to use my computer resources to make
programs work faster and/or better rather than use
those resouces to create pop-ups and other
frivolous trivial secondary functions when the
secondary functions interfere with the performance
of the primary functions. I get peaved when the
secondary functions leave me exposed to viruses
and spambots and provide no other useful
function. I get more peaved when I then have to
waste my computer resources to provide a defence
against attacks made possible by those un-necessary
secondary functions.
Glad to extend a helping hand when I asked,
Eric
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:17:18 -0600 Jason Dodd <jasorn@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>
> I think it's kinda human nature to think the way you do things is
> best.
> And well it may be for YOU. It gets dangerous when you start to
> think
> your way is the only way or even the best way for OTHERS. Not that
> I
> think anyone in the list is guilty of that kind of thinking. But
> there
> are those in the world who seem to think we've discovered the best
> way
> to do everything and it happens to be the way they do it.
>
> I try to be open minded but am not always. For instance, I always
> thought there was one and only one way to open a banana. My wife
> happens to open it from the opposite end. I sorta made fun of her.
>
> Guess what? Her peeled bananas have a lot less damage than the mine
> :)
> Well, now I open them the way she does.
>
> She thinks it funny that a guy who eats imported bananas would think
>
> he's more of an expert than someone who grew up with bananas growing
> in
> her yard :)
>
> The old 'frog in the well' thingie.
>
>
> Rob wrote:
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >
> > Jason,
> > I really have to agree with your statement,
> > "The smart guy is the one who alternates based on the
> > task and tools at hand." To me, whatever works is the
> > way to go. It just seems strange to me that so many
> > people would be down on a tool specifically designed
> > for a modern computer. Whereas the keyboard is a
> > holdover from a 19th century mechanical invention that
> > later was changed from alphabetical to qwerty just to
> > make it more difficult to use to slow down operators
> > from typeing too fast for the technology of the times.
> > Rob
> >
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