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In article <763@mind.UUCP> greg@mind.UUCP (Greg Nowak) writes:
>If by iconic interfaces you meant mouse-accessible menus, there's a further
>step you can take. Touch-sensitive screens, combined with graphics,
>seem to remove most of the computer-phobia, and solve the problem of
>access for those who can't type. Right off the bat, I could't guess whether
>a mouse or a TSS would be easier to use for the phobic or the physically 
>impaired, but I'd vote for the TSS. Strange how it's the *keyboard*,
...
>let's get this newsgroup flying!
>
>Greg
> Nowak	  

I'll second that motion.  I have reservations about TSSs though.  I've seen
them in a few places, not in industrial control, but in retail sales.  They're
nice, but I wouldn't call them wonderful.  By iconic interface I meant any
interface which uses pictorial symbols to represent real-world objects.  That
is, I figured it would be nice if what's on the screen would relate very
directly to the real world, not through something like pull-down menus.  But
although I have nothing to back this up, it would be my guess that the CRT is
as much guilty for setting the computer alarm off as the keyboard.

                                                     -Dan