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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Re: What do we REALLY want?
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 12:22:23 EDT
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> > Perhaps keyboard designers should all be required to learn touch
> > typing and then should be required to spend many hours typing on a
> > prototype of their creations before being allowed to select a final
> > design.
> >
> > Charlie Sorsby
> 
> 
> Hear, hear! Those who design *anything* should be required to use it! This...

...isn't always possible.

While I'm often amazed at the junk that other programmers produce & call
finished products, I'm embarrased at some of the stuff that I've been forced
to release before it's really ready & debugged: I always try to spend at least
a couple of days *after* I'm satisfied just looking for the limits. All too
often I've been pulled from a project before I've had a chance to do this.

Keyboards, now. Let's not start that up again. I'm pretty sure everyone's
already been through the "why didn't IBM put a Selectric-style keyboard
on the IBM-PC, and why is everyone following that schlock design?" debate
too many times...