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Article #1205Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
From: David A. Fagan
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1988 19:17
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1988 19:17
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Keyboards with fiber-optically lit keytops are something that I've been thinking about for a while. In article <17939@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes: >In article <454@blake.acs.washington.edu> phaedra@blake.acs.washington.edu (J. Anderson) writes: > >> 3) A keyboard with LCD or similar technology key caps, so that >>not only What-I-See-Is-What-I-Get but What-Button-I-Push-Is-What-I-Get > > It's been done, by a number of vendors. It's not all that useful, >as it turns out, because the user has to keep looking at the keypad to >see what the keys mean now. Does this mean that, while typing, I need to look at every key to see which letter it produces? No, but having the the letters clearly labeled on the keys sure makes them easier to learn!! > John Nagle Dave Fagan genrad!otter!daf
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!genrad!daf From: daf@genrad.com (David A. Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.mac,alt.cyberpunk Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments Message-ID: <15063@genrad.UUCP> Date: 27 Dec 88 19:17:09 GMT References: <454@blake.acs.washington.edu> <17939@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Sender: news@genrad.UUCP Reply-To: daf@otter.UUCP (David A. Fagan) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 21