Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!wanginst!wang!ephraim From: ephraim@wang.UUCP (pri=8 Ephraim Vishniac x76659 ms1459) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Friendly user interface? What friendly user interface? Message-ID: <803@wang.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-May-86 09:51:35 EDT Article-I.D.: wang.803 Posted: Tue May 13 09:51:35 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 16-May-86 03:14:14 EDT References: <921@watdragon.UUCP> <4512@dartvax.UUCP> <2067@cbosgd.UUCP> <813@mmm.UUCP> Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA Lines: 14 > >What is also needed, however, is a way to turn the shortcuts on and off. > >Otherwise, naive users (and not-so-naive users) can accidentally type in > >a command or option key sequence, have no idea what they did, and in > >some cases, are unable to undo whatever the sequence did. > > > Which shortcuts on the Mac are you referring to? I can't think > of any that are dangerous or even likely to happen accidently. That doesn't > mean that there aren't some, though... which ones were you thinking of? > > --MKR How about command-option-Quit in MacPaint? As one netizen discovered by accident, this does a shutdown! Rather awkward if you're using Switcher...