From: Nuri Jawad <lkml@jawad.org>
To: Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
dtor_core@ameritech.net,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Remove silly messages from input layer.
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 22:30:00 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605052218370.9702@pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <445BB050.4040309@mbligh.org>
On Fri, 5 May 2006, Martin Bligh wrote:
> Sorry, but these comparisons to Windows are just childish.
No, in this case they're not. Clear text error messages, compared to
obscure numerical error codes or no reports at all, are a very useful
attribute of free operating systems that I do not want to miss because
somebody is trying to please clueless Joe User.
> Linux is not obliged to spit out meaningless, unhelpful error messages,
I already explained in a previous reply why this message IS undisputably
useful for me, and others have done the same. Why are we discussing if you
don't read what we write but have obviously already made up your mind?
> The current error message is wrong
No it's not, the keyboard is in fact reporting too many pressed keys.
> But throwing 'Windows' around is not useful
It is useful to show you what kind of environment many users do not want
to have. Hiding information is not user-friendly for the experienced user,
only for the novice.
Regards, Nuri
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-05 20:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-04 2:44 Dave Jones
2006-05-04 7:13 ` Pavel Machek
2006-05-04 7:17 ` Pavel Machek
2006-05-04 15:08 ` Martin J. Bligh
2006-05-04 18:34 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-05-04 18:38 ` Dave Jones
2006-05-05 10:31 ` Pavel Machek
2006-05-05 10:39 ` Sergei Organov
2006-05-05 10:51 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-05-05 15:27 ` Dave Jones
2006-05-05 15:37 ` Martin Mares
2006-05-05 15:46 ` Dave Jones
2006-05-05 15:54 ` Martin Mares
2006-05-05 16:00 ` Dave Jones
2006-05-05 16:12 ` Martin Mares
2006-05-05 19:59 ` Nuri Jawad
2006-05-05 20:06 ` Martin Bligh
2006-05-05 20:30 ` Nuri Jawad [this message]
2006-05-07 8:07 ` Joseph Fannin
2006-05-08 6:43 ` Helge Hafting
2006-05-08 7:25 ` Con Kolivas
2006-05-09 6:54 ` Helge Hafting
2006-05-04 19:14 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-05-04 15:45 ` David Greaves
2006-05-06 18:51 ` Jindrich Makovicka
2006-05-04 14:59 ` Nuri Jawad
2006-05-04 19:24 ` Hua Zhong
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