you still need to go into the terminal though at times. If you never needed to go into the command prompt unless you really needed to or wanted to (like on windows), that would be great.
THAT is how it is.
First, name one instance where you <NEED> to use terminal. (the only reason I use it myself is for apt-get, and really, the package manager could do that just as easily)
Then give me one good reason why people should no longer have to learn how to operate a freaking computer before using it. Back in the day you pretty much needed a degree to run the things, now any dumbass can grab a keyboard. Trust me, the last thing we need is an OS that perpetuates the ridiculous idea that the computer is a "appliance" It's not. It's tool. yes, but not a appliance. Going by that same token a Mainframe should be no more difficult to use then a air conditioner, which is a simply ridiculous idea. Computers are about a million times more complicated then most appliances, appliances, unless blended, have a single function. You have Dryers. You have washers, you have toasters, for drying, washing, and toasting respectively.
One could make an argument that computers are for computing. And I agree. but that's not what people use it for. I don't see any "computations" being made when people visit facebook.
I don't think that people should have degrees to use computers, but they should at least have the decency to actually LEARN about the device their using. My mother for example insists on using facebook, but refuses to learn <anything> about a computer or how it works, regardless of OS. A sample conversation:
MO: Mother
ME: duh...
MO: So, to open facebook, I just click the blue E right?
ME: err... well, the blue E opens the browser, then you need to direct it to facebook, but yeah
MO: I'm not good with computers
ME: *
well there's a NEWS FLASH*
MO: It's not working. (continues to click the icon a single time and wait a second or two, finally getting agitated and clicking fast enough to double-click and start it.)
MO: Oh nevermind, it's finally decided to op... OH NO! I broke it!
ME: what?
MO: I wanted facebook! You said it would take me to facebook
ME: *finally deciding that this is tiresome, I go over and type in facebooks URL and enter.
MO: whew, good thing I have an expert here I guess.
so, I go back to what I was doing, and then
MO: hey... It needs info to login
ME:don't you know your password?
MO: yeah... but it's wants my name?
ME: then give it your name?
MO: I don't know my name.
ME: -_-
She's not stupid, but like about 80% of the general public, the moment they sit down in front of the computer they regress to a preschool education, with only the ability to recognize abstract shapes and clap in excitement when things happen. They often point at messageboxes asking "What does this mean" Because apparently reading it and trying to comprehend it's meaning is too much effort. Same for the labels on disks, icons, and pretty much anywhere.
What's my point? Well, err, I'm not sure. It had something to do with not appeasing these people. If somebody wants to constantly stick their hand on the burner, then I suppose you might stop them, but what we are doing now is pretty much forcing people to wear oven mitts and never actually learn that the stove is hot, just like we are letting people use a sophisticated device using a simplified interface and never allowing them to learn some of the basics.
