Originally Posted by
zymphad
You'd rather have new riders fidgeting with DT shifter and eyes off the road than new riders keeping eyes on the road with two hands on the handlebar using brifters?
Not that I think you will understand, but:
OP states in this and previous "which bike" thread that he/she is an experienced mountain biker moving to road cycling. Someone who has survived MTB riding can handle DT shifters. In the previous thread and in this one, I recommended the DT bike as the better candidate of the two selected.
In general, I don't think that DT is any harder to learn on for a beginner. I have built new or rebuilt old bikes for my siblings, and they have all ended up DT shifters. On my sister's Lotus, I used 9 speed Microshift integrated levers for brakes, and 6 speed friction DT shifters. I have told her that we can switch over to the integrated whenever she wants, and she has no interest.