Re: [GNU-linux-libre] 10 minutes, and uzbl browser became usable

[Jaromil]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, Jean Louis wrote:

> When software is distributed to a mechanic, telling him indirectly,
> that he is dumb, and he shall use click/pray to search Google and
> watch videos, and nothing more, this is leading him nowhere.

just wanted to say I am completely with you on the position of not
treating users as dumb. there was a lecture here in Goteborg at FSCONS
by Elinor Carmi which I really enjoyed and, while mostly focusing on
the human-machine interaction of "user operators". She started from
stories about the early Bell telephone network days, to nowadays
content management on social media. While tangential to her speech,
she still articulated well a scenario touching this issue, of treating
users as dumb and how that is a very bad idea for everyone.

in Devuan we are definitely witnessing this too. Many users fleeing
out from the systemd imposition in Debian are offended by the way they
are treated as stupid.

there where more speeches at FSCONS which have been recorded and
should come out soon online, I highly recommend watching them. What
was also remarkable is that most speakers were women, well engaged on
political topics that are definitely echoing the spirit of the Free
Software movement.

ciao