beldar <beldar@meepzor.com> says...
>
>Matt Payton wrote:
>
>> Don't trust gui's, when you don't have to :-)
>
>oh bollocks, Mandrake's gui CUPS configuration for printers both local
>and network during install is a flawless piece of work. It gives me
>choice and control, which is what I expect of Slack actually.

Although there is a perception that GUI-based configuration programs
are inferior, they don't have to be. It's just that making a
GIU-based configuration program that doesn't suck is harder than
making a console-based configuration program that doesn't suck,
and making a console-based configuration program that doesn't
suck is harder than making a textfile-based configuration program
that doesn't suck. A good human interface designer (a skill set
that s very rare among good coders) can make an excellent configuration
program using any of the above techniques.



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