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Re: Linux Question [message #42555 is a reply to message #42554]

Wed, 16 February 2005 13:30

Michael Wallace
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Registered: December 2003

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> You probably wouldn't believe the number of e-mails I get
> from LINUX users who can't get color to make sense to them.

I can relate. I have to explain color to all my co-workers.

> (And this was confirmed by my visit to Munich, where at least
> 75% of the LINUX users were confused about *something*.)
> Almost always they are running DirectColor visuals. No one
> has ever told them anything different and they think IDL
> is *suppose* to behave this way, I guess. At least an
> awful lot of them were surprised when I told them
> red plots on black backgrounds are not really normal
> in IDL. :-(

This really isn't a Linux problem. It's an end user problem. You can
get red/black plots just as easy in Windows. And I did that a number of
times before I sat down and took the time to figure out colors one day.

> At least half the LINUX users I knew didn't know
> that windows were suppose to be repaired properly
> when they were exposed. They just re-ran their plot
> command if a plot window got behind something else.

Again, it sounds like an issue with general ignorance of IDL rather than
being a Linux problem. If you're not told that this is not normal, the
majority of folks won't question it.

> I am always amazed with what people put up with,
> but this was really an eye-opening experience.
> I recommend *anyone* who writes software for a
> living go spend a couple of months with the end-users.
> You will never be the same. :-)

My end users are in the offices down the hall from me. Pity me. ;-)

-Mike

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		Re: Linux Question By: Chris Lee on Wed, 16 February 2005 15:05
		Re: Linux Question By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 February 2005 14:55
		Re: Linux Question By: Michael Wallace on Wed, 16 February 2005 14:37
		Re: Linux Question By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 February 2005 14:21
		Re: Linux Question By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 16 February 2005 13:52
		Re: Linux Question By: Michael Wallace on Wed, 16 February 2005 13:30
		Re: Linux Question By: Jonathan Greenberg on Wed, 16 February 2005 13:31
		Re: Linux Question By: Jonathan Greenberg on Wed, 16 February 2005 13:30
		Re: Linux Question By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 February 2005 12:55
		Re: Linux Question By: Michael Wallace on Wed, 16 February 2005 12:19
		Re: Linux Question By: James Kuyper on Wed, 16 February 2005 12:00
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		Re: Linux Question By: Benjamin Hornberger on Wed, 16 February 2005 11:37
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		Re: Linux Question By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 February 2005 10:44
		Re: Linux Question By: James Kuyper on Wed, 16 February 2005 10:31
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		Re: Linux Question By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 16 February 2005 15:28
		Re: Linux Question By: David Fanning on Wed, 16 February 2005 15:14

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