[Techtalk] Using a web browser to control stuff locally -eek!

[esme]

On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 22:11, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 09:21:30PM +0100, esme wrote:
> > On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 21:09, Jenn Vesperman wrote:
> >
> > I feel like a kid kept out of the playground for no good reason. I want
> > to play! Why's every damned thing I try so flipping obscure, unecessarily
> > awkward or even just damned plain obstructive?! Aren't modern systems
> > supposed to be more powerful and easier to use than ones of Amiga 1200
> > vintage? Grrrr!  :-}
>
> If you want to play, and to get your confidence back, I suggest that you
> just start with HTML and nothing else.  Make some web pages.  Make them
> pretty.  Ease into CSS to make them prettier.  Play with The Gimp to
> make cool images.  Play some more.

ROFL!  OK, I know I was whining... :-)  Trouble is, I like to try doing stuff 
that interests me. Just creating a web page doesn't, at this point in time, 
appeal.   And call me a Luddite, but I much prefer clear, simple fast-loading 
web pages to the trend with modern monstosities of loading them with more 
technology than the Tardis to "make them look pretty".  Eheheheh..

As for the Gimp - I;d like to slap the person that created the UI for it. In 
fact, if ever I learn the necessary to give it a new interface, that's 
exactly what I'll do.  Very powerful it certainly is - but a horror to use, 
IMHO.
>
> Kathryn Andersen
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LOL! 

Esme