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In article <34192@apple.Apple.COM> bnfb@Apple.COM (Bjorn Freeman-Benson) writes:
>In article <1446@draken.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>>>I've just noticed a strange looking "icon" in the upper right corner
>
>>If you would have taken two minutes to Read The F*cking Manual (RTFM)
>
>Ah, so according to Jon, Macs are now like IBMs: you must read the
><rude word> manual to learn how to use it.  Come on people, this is
>the Mac, we don't read manuals.  We shouldn't have to read manuals.
>And if even if this fellow had read the manual, it would have taken
>more than two minutes to find that little detail about Easy Access.

  Okay, I don't usually reply to messages along threads like this, but I feel
the need this time.
  First, I hope that Jon meant his comment in a friendly way, as I infer from
the caps in the "rude expression."  As a community, Mac users are supposed to
be supportive of one another.  Since the Mac is designed to be used by non-
programmer types, many of the features do get explained by friends, etc.
  I can certainly understand the sentiment behind RTFM, since I am frequently
asked questions that seem trivial, but they're not trivial to the people who
are asking them.  Furthermore, Easy Access isn't what I would call a
transparent function.  In other words, its use is hardly apparent at first
glance.  This would seem especially true if it just suddenly started appearing
on machines in a lab, which I think was the situation here.  Easy Access must
be invoked by an obscure key sequence that is virtually impossible to stumble
upon, so its not something the average user would happen upon.  That's why it
isn't transparent:  it is a special-purpose application that the average
user wasn't supposed to have to deal with, unless he chose to.
  Also, the average user reading the update docs for System 6 would probably
see the Easy Access section, and seeing no use for that function, skip the
description, and consequently be unfamiliar with its operation.

  Okay, that's it for my $0.02.  

--Mike

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been said by anyone.  Ever.