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From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (Why any metaphor?)
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
Message-ID: <8620@alice.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 88 15:16:11 GMT
References: <850@mtfmi.att.com> <673@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> <1789@hp-sdd.HP.COM>
Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP ()
Organization: AT&T, Bell Labs
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In article <1789@hp-sdd.HP.COM> andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (Andrea K. Frankel) writes:
>In article <673@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> norman@cogsci.UUCP (Donald A Norman-UCSD Cog Sci Dept) writes:
>
>[ excellent posting largely deleted ]
>
>>Moving the disk image into the trash can to ejectthe disk
>>is a violation that bothers many people at first usage, but seems
>>perfectly natural after just one or two uses.   The trash can example
>>is one that bothers me a lot (intellectually) because it illustates a
>>real violation of principle that causes no problems in practice.
>>(Some try to save it by redefining ejection of a diskette as a kind of
>>"throwing away" but I think this is a feeble save.)
>
>No matter how many times I do it, it STILL bothers me alot!  
>...

This inconsistency bothers me too. (Though I very rarely use a mac, because
it's too frustrating to work on such a crummy desktop)

There are 2 problems:
- moving the icon for a diskette to the trash can does not eject the
  diskette completely, so even when I put a trash can in the right position
  the diskette does not end up in the can :-)
- moving the icon for the hard disk does not eject it. when i first wanted
  to try this several of my colleagues got very upset and prevented me from
  trying this :-)

Paul.
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