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    [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    The purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven't seen what it replaced.

    Also friendliness doesn't require a Fisher Price interface.

    [–] TiredInsomniac@feddit.it 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Let me say that I really like "Fisher Price interface"

    [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Its called xp

    [–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago

    This genuinely made me laugh hahaha

    [–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 11 months ago

    When I first saw XP was when I stopped using windows. So bad.

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    You should amend

    You haven’t seen what it replaced

    With

    You aren’t used to it

    [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Unix was meant to be much friendlier than the mainframe systems that wer prevalent at the time and which wer horrible to use without a lot of training (or even with it). By contrast, Unix commands were simple, self documenting. Anyone could use it.

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    I’m aware but it’s not unfriendly today

    People are just used to DOS

    [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Well, today it's arguably more advanced, interface wise, than the other systems since they keep copying stuff from the X11 front ends.

    All the current GUIs are basically the same Once you've seen a couple WIMP interfaces, you've seen them all.