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kap1@icarus.spc.uchicago.edu (Dietrich Kappe) writes:
> In article <1991Nov4.221237.914@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinc
> > Really?  You don't expect clicking and dragging to select something?  Or
> > Command-C/X/V to Copy/Cut/Paste the item selected?  You don't expect a
> > search to be brought up with the same sequence, or the edit menu to be
> > in the same place?  You don't expect the buttons to be similar in appearanc
> > and their placement in dialogs to be the same?  You don't expect the
> > same mechanisms for getting help on the product, or finding out who
> > wrote it, or quiting out of it?
> 
> Simply put, no.

Why not?  What's the advantage in having such basic functions performed
differently in different packages?  There are obvious disadvantages, so what's
the advantage which makes you say that you don't see any reason for 
standardization across applications?

> The right tool for the right job. Macs are good for some things, less good fo
> others. The somewhat standard (everyone breaks the rules) user interface can 
> sometimes be useful and can sometimes really get in the way.

OK.  So give us an example of an example where having an edit menu in the
standard place gets in the way.  A quick explanation of why cut/copy/paste
should have to be on different keys for a certain application. Why 
getting help should need to be different for two products.


mathew

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Another would-be Mac owner put off by Apple's monopolistic practices.