Yeah, it's pretty horrible

1,095 registered users | 0 active users | 0 LpH | Statistics
Login | Create New User

Welcome to IWETHEY!

Post #275,431 by pwhysall 12/11/06 7:28:07 AM Reply	Yeah, it's pretty horrible There's no clear distinction between the options you need to, say, simply recursively slurp down a website (i.e. the most common use case by a country mile) and the options you need to do the HTTP equivalent of standing on one's head whilst whistling Dixie. Simply glopping all the available wget switches into one vast dialogue isn't the answer. Some sitting down and thinking about what people actually do with wget would instantly improve it. If you address that one simple case - recursively download a website - you could improve the user experience for 90% of users at a stroke. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [link\|http://darwinia.co.uk/\|[image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]]
Post #275,561 by Simon_Jester 12/12/06 11:13:22 AM Reply	What's really scary... is the button at the bottom marked "Pro Mode".
Post #275,576 by CRConrad 12/12/06 3:53:56 PM Reply	Then again, that might be the pinnacle of elegance and... ...simplicity: Just a single text box, for the real pros to write the correct command-line options in, exactly as they'd appear at the shell prompt. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #275,645 by pwhysall 12/13/06 8:12:20 AM Reply	That already exists on Windows... It goes by the name of CMD.EXE Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [link\|http://darwinia.co.uk/\|[image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]]
Post #275,658 by CRConrad 12/13/06 10:15:55 AM Reply	But there you have to type the name of the command itself. I'm sure this Pro version of that GUI -- that is, at least the hypopthetical variant thereof that I'm thinking of -- saves you those few keystrokes, so you only have to type the parameters. It's a great labour-saving device, you see. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #275,671 by pwhysall 12/13/06 10:47:40 AM 12/13/06 10:48:13 AM Reply	Start->Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt Neener. If you start the MS Virtual Keyboard up, you don't have to type a thing. Which is clearly better, right? Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [link\|http://darwinia.co.uk/\|[image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]] Edited by pwhysall Dec. 13, 2006, 10:48:13 AM EST Expand All History
Post #275,739 by drewk 12/13/06 9:12:07 PM Reply	[Windows][r] [enter] cmd[enter] ... much faster than mousing === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #275,766 by pwhysall 12/14/06 7:22:25 AM Reply	. <-- you the joke --> . Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator] [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Misc/saveus.png\|0\|Darwinia\|\|]
Post #275,875 by drewk 12/15/06 11:07:30 PM Reply	Was talking about mousing to Start -> Programs -> etc === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

This Is What Happens When You Let Developers Create UI - (pwhysall) - (11) - Dec. 11, 2006, 05:54:29 AM EST

That's really not so bad, IMO. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Dec. 11, 2006, 07:02:26 AM EST

Yeah, it's pretty horrible - (pwhysall) - (8) - Dec. 11, 2006, 07:28:07 AM EST

What's really scary... - (Simon_Jester) - (7) - Dec. 12, 2006, 11:13:22 AM EST

Then again, that might be the pinnacle of elegance and... - (CRConrad) - (6) - Dec. 12, 2006, 03:53:56 PM EST

That already exists on Windows... - (pwhysall) - (5) - Dec. 13, 2006, 08:12:20 AM EST

But there you have to type the name of the command itself. - (CRConrad) - (4) - Dec. 13, 2006, 10:15:55 AM EST

Start->Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt - (pwhysall) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2006, 10:48:13 AM EST

[Windows][r] [enter] cmd[enter] ... much faster than mousing -NT - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2006, 09:12:07 PM EST

. <-- you the joke --> . -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2006, 07:22:25 AM EST

Was talking about mousing to Start -> Programs -> etc -NT - (drewk) - Dec. 15, 2006, 11:07:30 PM EST

Re: This Is What Happens When You Let Developers Create UI - (systems) - April 8, 2007, 05:21:31 AM EDT

iwethey.org

This just in, kid: the mere fact that it's written down and believed in by millions of simpletons does not make something true.
164 ms