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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: Hypercard buttons
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Date: 19 Oct 89 14:07:09 GMT
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In article <ALMS.89Oct17171411@brazil.cambridge.apple.com> alms@cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit) writes:
 
<A fair amount of research has been done on the psychological
<motivations in button-size choices.  Apparently it's possible to tell
<a lot about a hypercard programmer just from her/his choices when
<creating buttons in stacks.  The relative size and placements of the
<buttons, as well as the uses of buttons, are taken into account.
 
<At one college in the northeast a teacher saw a hypercard stack
<created by a student with suspiciously sized buttons and reported it
<to the school psychologist.  The student was brought in for an
<interview, and subsequently institutionalized.  Student and faculty
<groups protested, siting the chilling effect on campus hypercard
<innovation.  The college president, however, insisted that the
<safety of others at the school was more important than any
<"so-called right to privacy surrounding button-sizes in Hybercard
<(sic) stacks".  A student group is currently circulating a petition
<calling the president's resignation.
 
<     -andrew
<     <running and ducking :-)>

Hey, that was great. You should check into a job with MacWorld if Steven
Levy ever leaves.

Shirley