Subj : GUI??  was: squirrel and Møøse
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Thu Jul 27 2017 13:43:40

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 25-Jul-2017 21:33 <=-

 NB>> But of which there is still being used software which employs it

 MK> Usually (always?) in GUI-land on a terminal restricted to that
 MK> enviroment.  I believe I am one of the few not using or depending on a
 MK> GUI and thus am far less restricted since the total space of the
 MK> monitor is available to whatever apps I use, in this case vim (aka
 MK> vi). 

Mine's only marginally GUI.... I suppose one could consider BW reader
somewhat a GUI environment, not sure if one would consider EMACS such...

 NB>> I'm sure it looks more impressive on your end of things

 MK> Hard for either of us to say for sure.  Most people around here are
 MK> intimidated by everything they see, both on the monitor(s) as well as
 MK> by the infrastructure. 

I was thinking more just from what you'd be seeing for yourself... Being
as you are the local Wizard (with apparently no competition), I'm not
surprised that most around you are awed by anything that smacks of
wizardry, er, computing...  ;)

 MK> However at least a few of them appreciate the
 MK> way the one machine treats their so-called smart devices and gives
 MK> them access to whatever it is they find so interesting in the outside
 MK> world over the wireless connection.  For them, all is not lost. 

Access is appreciated greatly, I'm sure....  :)

ttyl      neb

.... If a program is useful, it must be changed.

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