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Article #44924Re: Text file madness on the Mac.
From: Robert Rothschild
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1990 17:06
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1990 17:06
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In article <2706@aecom.yu.edu> werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) writes: > > Over twenty people wrote mail, giving about 15 different ways to >do this, some of which were quite elegant. But that's not the point. >It's a simple task, and it should have a standard solution. I mean the >fact that fifteen people have found fifteen different ways to do >something does not reflect favorably on machine that prides itself on a >consistent user interface. Consistent interface design has nothing to do with the number of methods to complete a task. In this context, "consistent" means each user input will be met with a predictable system response. Bob Rothschild roths@dg-rtp.dg.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!roths From: roths@dg-rtp.dg.com (Robert Rothschild) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Text file madness on the Mac. Keywords: Something else you can't do on the Mac Message-ID: <1848@xyzzy.UUCP> Date: 6 Jan 90 17:06:42 GMT References: <2706@aecom.yu.edu> Sender: usenet@xyzzy.UUCP Reply-To: roths@toledo.dg.com () Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 13