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Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: John Chang
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 04:39
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In article <danpop.807383895@rscernix>
Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:

> Pure bullshit.  Nobody is a born Mac user.  If you have never used a
> computer with a GUI before, you're completely helpless in front of a Mac.
> All those "intuitive" actions aren't intuitive _at all_ if you don't know
> the Mac GUI philosophy.  If nobody told you about "drag and drop" and
> "double click", you don't have too many chances to discover them by
> yourself.

So explain the toddler who can't yet read but can start up a Macintosh,
launch MacPaint, and use it with ease.  Yes, I've witnessed it.


John Chang
Terre Haute, Indiana

email: jrchang@eworld.com | 01jrchang@bsuvc.bsu.edu
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