Re: Why the Linux Desktop Just Won't Work! and why Linux depresses me.
From: Rick (none_at_trollfeed.com)
Date: 05/30/05
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Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 13:16:44 GMT
On Thu, 26 May 2005 11:52:51 -0700, Charles LeGrand wrote:
>
>
> Why having Linux on the desktop of Aunt Tille is a myth.
(snip)
> - the con's
> What was the main issue haunting my users? It came from an unexpected
> direction: incompatible websites. All users noted this as the main reason
> why they wanted to switch back. Even though Firefox usage has been
> increasing quite a lot lately, there are zillions of websites that are
> still being made strictly IE-only.
Email the Webmaster, and then don't go there.
>
> Why was I surprised? Well, because I don't use these sites. Being a geek,
> you traverse only the websites that work for you. You don't depend on
> IE-only websites. Other people do, however. Banking, Dating, community and
> chat sites, MSN. Sites that geeks like me don't depend on, however for my
> users this was totally different. They were part of their social lives,
> and even the slightest annoyances are still annoying, and can become
> unacceptable.
Email the Webmaster, and then don't go there.
>
> Banking websites are even more critical. In this case the Rabobank's site
> has been the biggest a turn-off.
(snip)
Use a different bank. Tell the bank why you are switching.
> VerizonWireless is yet
> another site that will not work with Linux and firefox or konqueror. You
> can browse the site but you can't pay your bills online. It lets you in
> but when you submit it you are bounced back to the original screen and you
> don't even know if your payment has been accepted (it hasn't).
This a recent (within 6-ish months) development. I used to be able to pay
Verizon online. I will be talking to customer support, and I may be
changing cell carriers.
>
> Where there more con's? Sure, there have been issues with photo cameras,
I suppose you are telling me these cameras couldn't be accessed as USB
drives?
> burning CD's
If whatever GUI/cdrecord/cdrdao doesn't work, use NeroLinux.
> and even a filesystem corruption.
Uh huh.
> But these were all fixable.
> I came around every 3/4 weeks, fixed a few small issues, and they were
> content again but only until the next problem which didn't take long to
> surface.
>
> Yet, in an age were everything is done via the web, people depend on web
> services. People depend on being able to book their holiday via the net.
> People depend on being able to upload their photos or read web mail. And
> people depend on IE-only websites. This is reality, and there's not much
> to be done about it.
Yes, there is.
>
> For this reason, and for this reason only, is it important for Firefox to
> gain marketshare. Only after webdevelopers take their Firefox- and
> Opera-using visitors seriously can Linux really take over the desktop.
> Everything else is fixable locally, except for the dependancy on ye ol'
> Internet Explorer. For this reason, and for this reason only, does
> Microsoft want to remain in control of the web browser. And for this
> reason only will John Doe not accept Linux on his desktop at home.
> Depressing, but true.
-- Rick <http://ricks-place.tripod.com/sound/2cents.wav>
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