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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.cog-eng
Subject: Re: mouse cursors and default menu selections
Message-ID: <975@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 11:33:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 11:33:24 1985
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Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
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while we're on the topic, what do people think of icon based systems?
i have only used one so my experiences are limited (PC Paintbrush) and
i have talked to people who have used others.  one complaint i hear is
that often an action is complex enough that the things have to be
arranged in a hierachy of selections.  after getting to be an expert
user, several people have said that they'd have prefered a command line
of some sort to do something instead of having to go through all the
icons and menus to do whatever they wanted to do.  does anyone have
more experience with different systems and/or references (technical or
nontechnical) dealing with this?  perhaps from xerox?

Herb Chong...

I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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