I really don’t like how “consumer-friendly” means “GUI that resembles Windows” in the minds of so many people.
Gotta meet the customer where they are, not where you would like them to be. Most people don’t want to learn a new thing.
You gotta meet the customer halfway until you get enough of them hooked, then slowly start introducing new ideas into their mental ecosystems that align with your vision.
Well, it definitely works when shifting people politically.
Coming soon: Mockrosoft Overton Windows™
Then add adverts into that ecosystem and center their program menu. Ooh! Then change their right menus! They’d love that! Or, maybe they won’t, but whatever.
The purpose of Unix was to be user friendly. And it is. You haven’t seen what it replaced.
Also friendliness doesn’t require a Fisher Price interface.
That’s defintiely the wrong title.
No, it’s not the user catching Linux in trying to pretend user friendliness witht the terminal.
It’s Linux catching the user in still hating it when he gets the wanted user friendliness, for the sole reason of being conditioned to hate the terminal.
