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From: dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: A newsgroup for HCI/UI?
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Date: 27 Feb 91 13:20:39 GMT
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In article <4bmnyim00Uh_A0m8c6@andrew.cmu.edu> ec1k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward P. Costello) writes:
>
>I find it surprising that, considering the age of "the net," there is no
>mailing list or newsgroup that attempts to cover "straight"
>human-computer interaction issues.
>

I think that there *IS* such a group:  comp.cog-eng!  I have been following 
this list for about two years, and it seems to have had a wide range material
on HCI, user interfaces, etc.  What has been wrong, or specialized, about
comp.cog-eng?  Or does the name put off some potential subscribers/posters
for reasons that I would not be aware of?  Or did the original 'charter'
when the group was established specifiy that only a certain subset of HCI
topics should be discussed?  Perhaps someone still has a copy of the original
call for votes that created this group.

David Mark
dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu