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

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From: Dan Pop
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 22:33

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In <DCpwy7.FtI@onyx.indstate.edu> 01JRChang@bsuvc.bsu.edu (John Chang) writes:

>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.

And I explained to my boss how to use his Unix account.  The point still
remains that without any kind of help (whether it's a book, a video tape
or a knowledgeable person) the Mac is completely useless to the absolute
newbie.

Dan
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Dan Pop
CERN, CN Division
Email: Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch 
Mail:  CERN - PPE, Bat. 31 R-004, CH-1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland

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