scott escreveu:
>> Windows is far more used than Linux and thus it is expected that most 
>> Blender users are also Windows users.
> 
> So why not use the normal Windows GUI in the Windows port?

Because the OpenGL interface works on both, unmodified.

>> just to call those "2 lines".  dired mode is only suffering for people 
>> who do not take their time to learn how to properly use it.
> 
> Most people don't have time to learn all the quirky features of every 
> single program, that's why OS standards exist for common operations like 
> "show context menu", "save", "select" etc.

OS standards change from OS to OS.

> But if you used Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Paint Shop Pro, Blender, Emacs, 
> POV, Visual Studio, some other 3D software etc all regularly and they 
> all used different keyboard shortcuts and UIs, would you remember them 
> all and be able to work very efficiently?

Seemingly, yes.  I'm a regular user of Firefox, Thunderbird, Blender, 
Gimp, vim, Excel, Delphi and MS SQL Analizer.  All of them have many 
special quirks and having just 3 or 4 common keyboard shortcuts shared 
among them doesn't help that much.

> My point is just use the Windows GUI and standards, 
> everyone knows how to use it and it's easier for you as a programmer - 
> you can't go wrong.

Not when you want it to be cross-platform and you don't have enough 
resources to please specific platform audiences.

> Clever people realise there's no need for it to take as much learning as 
> it currently does, and then search for alternatives.

Clever people realize not having 3 or 4 common keyboard shortcuts is a 
lame excuse for not learning the other 80 or so specific features and 
shortcuts a software might provide.

In the case of text editors, the only true viable alternative to emacs 
is vim.

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