How often do superior alternatives fail to catch on?

Re:How often do superior alternatives fail to catch on? by humanrebar on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:23AM (#15776276)

> So how do we decide if qwerty or dvorak is fitter?

Ideally, stay out of it and let others decide for themselves.

We don't need to decide that bikes are better than cars. We ought to just support both (paved roads, traffic laws, places to keep your vehicle while you shop, etc.).

We don't need to decide that SSDs are better than disc drives. We just need to support the latest SATA standard.

So, for qwerty vs dvorak, we just need to support appropriate USB standards. And at the software level, we need to let the user customize their keys from time to time (remap hjkl in vim, remap wasd in video games, etc.).

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Re:How often do superior alternatives fail to catch on? by baddox on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:29AM (#15776305)

So do we just invest the same amount of public funds into automobile infrastructure and bicycle infrastructure? That seems overly simplistic.

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Re:How often do superior alternatives fail to catch on? by y4mi on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:44AM (#15776375)

also impossible, because they're mostly done within the same context.

it's pretty rare to get dedicated cyclist lanes which were created separately to the rest of the road.

it's generally created simultaneously.

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Re:How often do superior alternatives fail to catch on? by baddox on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:57AM (#15776438)

There is still always some balance of priorities, even if it’s not made explicit in official budgets. That balance needs to be chosen somehow.

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