Re: The minibuffer vs. Dialog Boxes (Re: Making XEmacs be more up-to-date)

[Terje Bless]

Kyle Jones <address@hidden> wrote:

>Michael Toomim writes:
>
>>If XEmacs is to be designed to be more easily usable by newbies, the
>>terminology should change along with the interface.
>
>What about the confusion this will cause with existing users? This
>sounds to me like changing Emacs for the sake of those who don't like or
>support it to the detriment of those who do like and support it, and
>that is just perverse.

Yes. That would be a singularily bad idea.

The point shouldn't be to "make newbies feel at home", but rather to make
it _better_. For everyone. The novices are who would benefit the most from
it, but certainly not the only group.




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