Xref: utzoo comp.editors:3123 comp.misc:12353 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!nstn.ns.ca!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.misc Subject: Inappropriate use of a model. Re: What do writers want from a word processor? Message-ID: <3V=AIOA@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 1 May 91 22:17:49 GMT References: <1991Apr22.145525.10150@njitgw.njit.edu> <3097@wn1.sci.kun.nl> <1991Apr30.205205.6328@njitgw.njit.edu> <12686@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <12686@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes: > [Rolodex emulator example, in which the rolodex model was used > inappropriately, going so far as to restrict you to what a real rolodex > can do, deleted.] I've seen worse. There is an electronic rolodex out there that contains a membrane keyboard and a screen... and a big black wheel on the side with a detent so it even feels like a rolodex as you roll it... and there's no other way to search than by turning that knob. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"