[OT] "The Condescending UI" (was: Do we need Win95/98/Me support?)

[Andrew Wiley]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 27 January 2012 05:53, Andrew Wiley <wiley.andrew.j at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:
>>> "Sean Kelly" <sean at invisibleduck.org> wrote in message
>>> news:mailman.49.1327595627.25230.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>>>The command key has a long
>>>>history in the Unix world anyway. It's much better than
>>>>the Windows key that just does one thing, and something
>>>>I've never actually wanted to do.
>>>>
>>>>Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> I do Win-R all the time. Win-D is nice, too, although I tend to forget about
>>> it.
>>>
>>
>> Since I upgraded to Windows 7, I've barely ever clicked the start
>> menu. Windows key, type application name, enter. Probably my favorite
>> UI change.
>
> Since I've upgraded to Linux, I've barely ever used a mouse. Super
> key, type a vague description of the application I want, enter.

Yes, I'm not sure whether I got this habit from Windows or Gnome 3,
but I'm primarily running Windows these days, so that didn't
immediately come to mind. I believe KDE4 does it too, although much
more sluggishly than the other two. Haven't tried Unity at all.