Re: Info sucks?
On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 07:06:02PM -0500, john@dhh.gt.org wrote:
> Avery writes:
> > To put it clearly: people who call _any_ text-mode Unix program's UI
> > intuitive need to have their head seriously examined...
>
> Anyone who calls *any* UI intuitive needs to have his head seriously
> examined.
Despite many jokes to the contrary, there _do_ exist computer interfaces
that people can just use without (significant?) training. Even most
brain-dead first-time newbies can figure out by themselves that the "arrow
keys" are used to "move the cursor" when they are in a text editor.
Until a year ago, even this didn't work in info reader.
Avery
P.S. What, don't know all those jokes? Try "fortune -m intuitive"
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