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Article #1429Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters
From: Markus Gail
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:20
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:20
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Nevin ":-]" Liber (nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU) wrote: : In article <DDH2nv.2y3@news.cis.umn.edu>, Jeff Halverson : <halv0019@gold.tc.umn.edu> wrote: : > My favorite quirk in Apples concepts of the GUI is the trashcan! Have : you ever : > tried to explain that concept to a beginner? "Okay, If you want to : throw away a : > file, pick it up, and drop it into the trash..." Simple, enough isn't : it? Then : > it comes time to show them how to eject the disk. "Okay, pick up the disk and : > drop it in the trash..." "NO! I JUST SPENT HOURS ON THAT DOCUMENT : SAVED TO THE : > DISK!" : > Is it just me, or did they screw up the concept of the trash can? Hehe :-/ : In the early 1980s, when Apple engineers were designing the Mac, they made : a *tradeoff*. Their choices: either waste some of the precious real : estate of a 9" screen with another icon, or overload the trash can. They : chose the latter. This "unmount by dragging to the trash" was rather meant to be something like an easter egg. Bye, Markus
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!fra.xtac.de!not-for-mail From: markus@fra.xtac.de (Markus Gail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Date: 21 Aug 1995 10:20:12 +0200 Organization: XtaC, Frankfurt, Germany Message-ID: <419fjs$2d6@fra.xtac.de> References: <DCywsM.2H5@inesc.pt> <40lfch$lfn@eken.hv.se> <DDFuwI.LHu@inesc.pt> <DDH2nv.2y3@news.cis.umn.edu> <nevin-1808951044540001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: fra.xtac.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]