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Article #26401Re: Intuitive? Hah! (was Re: 2 button mouse)
From: Arthur Evans
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1988 04:41
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1988 04:41
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In article <2940@whutt.UUCP> mls@whutt.UUCP (SIEMON) writes: > But note that they need training. The sophisticated users need >even MORE training! The notion that the Mac interface is "intuitive" is >rubbish. (Yes, it's easy; that's not the same thing!) I agree completely -- I agonized over the concept of removing a file on the mac for like half an hour ... The way it works just doesn't make sense to me. Why is it intuitive that moving an icon onto one icon (a disk or folder icon) *copies* a file, but moving it onto a garbage can icon *deletes* it? Intuition is in the mind of the intuiter, I guess ... -arthur -- Even Jesus wanted just a little more time When he was walking Spanish down the hall ... - Tom Waits
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!sco!arthure From: arthure@sco.COM (Arthur Evans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Intuitive? Hah! (was Re: 2 button mouse) Message-ID: <116@scolex> Date: 16 Mar 88 04:41:17 GMT References: <4129@hoptoad.uucp> <283@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> <1710@ssc-vax.UUCP> <17702@think.UUCP> <2940@whutt.UUCP> Reply-To: arthure@sco.COM (Arthur Evans) Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Lines: 20 Keywords: window human computer interface