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From: arthure@sco.COM (Arthur Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Intuitive? Hah! (was Re: 2 button mouse)
Message-ID: <116@scolex>
Date: 16 Mar 88 04:41:17 GMT
References: <4129@hoptoad.uucp> <283@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> <1710@ssc-vax.UUCP> <17702@think.UUCP> <2940@whutt.UUCP>
Reply-To: arthure@sco.COM (Arthur Evans)
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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Keywords: window human computer interface

In article <2940@whutt.UUCP> mls@whutt.UUCP (SIEMON) writes:

>	But note that they need training.  The sophisticated users need
>even MORE training!  The notion that the Mac interface is "intuitive" is
>rubbish.  (Yes, it's easy; that's not the same thing!)

I agree completely -- I agonized over the concept of
removing a file on the mac for like half an hour ... 
The way it works just doesn't make sense to me.  Why is it
intuitive that moving an icon onto one icon (a disk or
folder icon) *copies* a file, but moving it onto a garbage
can icon *deletes* it?   Intuition is in the mind of the
intuiter, I guess ...

-arthur

-- 
 Even Jesus wanted just a little more time
 When he was walking Spanish down the hall ...
						- Tom Waits