[haiku] Re: Who is Haiku for?
- From: Skar Cat <skarmiglione.sk4r@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:50:58 -0500
what type of geeks?
i ever believe haiku are for multimedia designer, and could be a free
alternative to windows and mac os x, no complex use methods
2009/11/8 Nicholas Blachford <nicholas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Who is Haiku for?
>
> Who will the end users be?
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> This question came to me out of the GUI discussions, is a very important
> question because much in the design of the GUI and how it is used is based
> on the answer to this question. It also determines how many people end up
> using the system.
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> There are plenty of OSs out there designed by geeks for geeks. They are
> often technically brilliant but a pain to use and not a great deal of
> attention is paid to the user interface.
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> What an OS offers will be different depending on who it is designed for,
> geeks like to know whats under the hood and will appreciate good design.
> Casual users* neither know nor care about whats under the hood, however
> casual users are the vast majority of computer users.
>
> Some systems can be very elitist and some are downright hostile towards
> casual users. I never found this was the case with BeOS and I hope this is
> also true with Haiku.
>
> *By casual users I mean non-computer enthusiasts.
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> So, who is Haiku for?
>
> 1) Casual users
> 2) Geeks
> 3) Both
>
> I'd like 3, what do you think?
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> Nicholas Blachford
> nicholas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.blachford.info
> "You'll be a dentist - You have a talent for causing things pain!
> Son, be a dentist - People will pay you to be inhumane! "
> - Little Shop of Horrors.
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