Messages in this thread |  | | From | Robin Becker <> | Subject | Re: OFF TOPIC [was]Re: Linux needs control.exe | Date | Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:22:27 +0100 |
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In article <326EFBC7.6AE590B6@nuernberg.netsurf.de>, Dieter =?UNKNOWN- 8BIT?Q?K=E4ppel?= <tires@nuernberg.netsurf.de> writes >Hello, > >I would love to work out some controlpanel. I have got very nice ideas for >that, but it simply isn't possible. I tried ALL the user interface generators >on sunsite, but none is either usable or working without Motif. > >The OI (Object Interface) seems the best to me. But I was not able to compile >the code together with the library libOI in ELF format. > >If anyone can tell me how to compile and link OI code (generated with the UIB), >I would begin immediate to work on the system preferences panels. > >....................Dieter This looks like an expert or rule based system is needed; medical diagnoses are routinely done this way in specialised domains. A poorly working system eg my lineprinter doesn't work can be considered sick.
I used the smit system and the stuff which came with HP 9000's both were more difficult to use than handomatic methods. When Solaris was being ramped up we often got very good (unofficial) texts from Sun support which appeared to indicate that doing it the old way was often the easiest.
Joe User often is as baffled by the terminology as anything else & a poorly designed GUI control panel won't help. I'm no fan of Billy, but Win 95 is nearly there. The distressing thing is that we're all completely in the dark about what the installed stuff is actually doing/for etc. My Win 95 system is almost full now and I'm almost afraid to remove junk because it's difficult to be sure what's needed. I keep my Linux system well pruned (by hand), but only because I'm fairly sure what various libs/executables are for.
The 90-10 rule probably applies eg 90% of all the problems can be easily handled ok by an automatic system the other 10% will require 90% of the effort to automate & some few will prove impossible except for the Win95 take it or leave it approach. -- Robin Becker
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