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Article #766Re: Icons, pipes, etc.
From: taw
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1987 17:17
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1987 17:17
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>Pipes are simple now. for 'ls -l a b | pr >/dev/lp', you do: > double-click ls > double-click pr > drag pr output icon to printer icon > drag ls output icon to pr input icon > select a and b and drag them to ls input icon Not quite so. This approach seems to require a lot more physical movement by the person using it. Typing the command is almost effortless. I don't mean this as a condemnation of window/icon systems in favor of command-line interpreters, but I am interested in finding a visual paradigm that is *at least* as easy and powerful for simple and complicated tasks as a CLI. My major problem with this paradigm is verifiability. Suppose, just before the final step, I suddenly think that I've made an error. With the CLI version, I can re-read the command, and see if it looks right. With your approach, there is no evident control flow. You set up the right abstract pattern on the screen, and the right things happen. If you get the pattern right.... --Tom
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!think!ames!oliveb!pyramid!decwrl!spar!taw From: taw@spar.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Icons, pipes, etc. Message-ID: <2062@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> Date: Fri, 5-Jun-87 13:17:32 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.2062 Posted: Fri Jun 5 13:17:32 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 19:40:42 EDT References: <8705190042.AA14664@cogsci.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: taw@spar.UUCP (Tom Wadlow) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research - CASLAB Lines: 22