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From: mel@houxm.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cog-eng
Subject: Re: net.cog-eng topics
Message-ID: <513@houxm.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Aug-83 15:44:38 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 20 15:44:38 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Aug-83 03:05:57 EDT
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I haven't the slightest idea what "cog.eng" means, or what topics are
appropriate for it (design of trains to go up Mt. Washington ?).
However, I have found some of the articles here interesting and worth
answering - so keep up what is working.  If we can be of even the
slightest influence to prevent the marketing clowns (or whoever) from
making pink screens or 15 level menus - keep it up.  I sit here at an
"ergonometricly" designed keyboard "human engineered" to be virtually
impossible to use (DEC Rainbow), and enjoy a forum to try an influence
others to not make the same errors.  I also sit looking at possibly the
very best designed 80x24 display screen (DEC Rainbow), and enjoy a forum
to try and get future designs to emulate that.  So, horray for the
articles in net.cog-eng - and foo on "human engineering", "ergonometrics",
and other such poppy-cock.             Mel Haas  ,  houxm!mel