Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uunet!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: file attributes Message-ID: Date: 28 Jun 91 19:27:03 GMT References: <1780@sranha.sra.co.jp> <3540@unisoft.UUCP> <14786@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Organization: The World Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov's message of 28 Jun 91 12: 46:01 GMT From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) >It occurred to me during Usenix, while listening to Tom Christiansen >playing the piano, that the piano keyboard is a distinctly `unfriendly' >interface by the `average user's standards'. Look how long people have >to train to be able to use it effectively. Should we replace it with a >point-and-click interface? Well, we have, we call them stereo systems. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@world.std.com | uunet!world!bzs Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD