Going GUI...er

[Mark H. Wood]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 06:57:14PM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 03:52:53PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
[snip]
> > which is how you have to define what is considerate.  Inconsiderate is
> > doing something that is not preferred.  That which is least preferred
> > is most inconsiderate.
> 
> Again, no.  You are conflating two different concepts, as shown by the
> following counterexample.  In some *urban* subcultures, driving large
> 4x4 cars is preferred:
> https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/chelsea-tractor.html
> . Yet that is clearly not considerate.

I think that there is a simpler argument in here.  Abstractions (such
as The Majority) do not have preferences; individuals do.  At most, it
is possible to identify abstractions whose members share certain
preferences.

So, yes, inconsiderate is doing something that is not preferred, and
that which is least preferred is most inconsiderate.  This is simple
manners.  But I want to ask myself:  preferred by whom?  Each camp has
legitimate concerns to which, if we wish to communicate politely, the
other camps would do well to make reasonable accommodations.  Two
cultures in contact, which do not share customs and manners, can
disengage; they can fight; or they can agree on protocols that they
*will* share, even though the protocols make no sense *within* either
culture.

So how can the flat-text and rich-text and all-up-graphics cultures
play nicely together, with nobody surrendering and being subjugated by
anybody else?

--
Mark H. Wood
Lead Technology Analyst

University Library
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
755 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-0749
www.ulib.iupui.edu
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 195 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-users/attachments/20200429/b26feab9/attachment.asc>