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Re: Friendly user interface? What friendly user interface?

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From: pri=8 Ephraim Vishniac x76659 ms...
Date: Tue, 13 May 1986 13:51
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> >What is also needed, however, is a way to turn the shortcuts on and off.
> >Otherwise, naive users (and not-so-naive users) can accidentally type in
> >a command or option key sequence, have no idea what they did, and in
> >some cases, are unable to undo whatever the sequence did.
> >
> 	Which shortcuts on the Mac are you referring to? I can't think
> of any that are dangerous or even likely to happen accidently. That doesn't
> mean that there aren't some, though... which ones were you thinking of?
> 
> --MKR

How about command-option-Quit in MacPaint?  As one netizen discovered
by accident, this does a shutdown!  Rather awkward if you're using
Switcher...
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Subject: Re: Friendly user interface?  What friendly user interface?
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Date: Tue, 13-May-86 09:51:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 13 09:51:35 1986
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