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Subject: Re: DTS and Compatibility (Was: MF)
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Date: 20 Apr 89 20:14:06 GMT
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In article <381@lloyd.camex.uucp>, kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes...

>*My* mother just started using a new Mac Plus.  She had a terrible
>time getting the thing to print.  She found mention of clicking on the
>ImageWriter icon, so she did that.  It wouldn't print.  She looked in
>the MindWrite manual.  It wouldn't print.  She looked in the
>ImageWriter manual (couple years old).  It wouldn't print.  Finally
>she looked in the Mac manual and discovered the Chooser.  It worked
>perfectly.  Sure, compared with the trials of hooking a printer up to
[...]


Apple should make the user interface more intuitive by using icons for printing
and other tasks.  For instance, I think a much better method of printing would
be to drag a document to a printer icon, much as one throws something out by
dragging it to the trash. ( I think that New Wave (remember that? :->)
does this.)
         


Robert Anthony
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generic disclaimer: all my opinions are mine