Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!apple!tecot From: tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What's that thing in the top right corner?? Message-ID: <34418@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 29 Aug 89 23:49:17 GMT References: <15181@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Distribution: comp.sys.mac Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 18 In article <15181@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes: >This (and the flashing apple problem) keep appearing here over and over. >Is this a design flaw of Apple's, that there is something counter-intuitive >in their interface, or is it the user's fault for not reading the manual? >My vote is apple. If the interface is supposed to be intuitive, then >things like this should be self-explanatory when they happen. Making the >apple flash as an alarm clock now is a step in the right direction. > >Any comments? I agree with you. I'm the one who "fixed" the alarm clock, and I'm also the one who designed the Easy Access icons. I'm rather disappointed in their obscurity, but we couldn't come up with anything better. If anyone can recommend a way to improve these icons, I'd like to hear it. Better yet, post to this newsgroup so that others can become involved as well. _emt