On 1/23/07, David Nicol [email protected] wrote:
On 1/23/07, Oren Beck [email protected] wrote:
Ok- When I mentioned usability - it meant to appliance operators.
Hmm. network drivers plus X plus lwm and instead of giving any kind of log-in the system just starts firefox? AJAX drag-and-drop kinds of things live inside the web browser (the ghost of a fifteen year old issue of "InfoMoment" screams "you mean the thin client?") instead of in the window manager, so they aren't a problem.
Let the applicance operators use the google document editors if they must have productivity software.
By the way, Briahn Khelsey needs to be told that the reason I am so crazy is that there is no "h" in my name. Anywhere. Okay?
The summary of your comments to my understanding is calling for a "thin client". Ok- let-s work with this a bit- how thin can we go?
What of a floppy based or cd based distro that has the minimal hardware detect to bring up a net session,then by default bring up a browser with any advanced config done thru web interfaces. That is, if the target users for this proposal even would do so. The kiosk mode locking is indeed a Very Good Thing for public users or the skill lacking relatives we support. Then again- an intermediate level of "are you sure?" guarded settings may cover the exceptions.