Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:46141 comp.sys.ibm.pc:40382 comp.sys.mac:44772 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!ames!attctc!jolnet!swan From: swan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joel Swan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: User interface(was Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!) Message-ID: <2468@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> Date: 19 Dec 89 08:10:13 GMT References: <6767@tank.uchicago.edu> <1989Dec17.112127.27333@me.toronto.edu> <14960@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <1989Dec17.223025.6618@me.toronto.edu> <14969@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: swan@jolnet.UUCP (Joel Swan) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Media Specialties Ltd. Lines: 20 In article jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R. Jacobs) writes: :In article <14969@boulder.Colorado.EDU> kuo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (KUO ANDY Y) writes: :> My main points are : The computer for the general users should not be :> command driven. : :Menus and mice are great when you are first learning to use a system, but :they get in the way of experienced users. An ideal system should not :_force_ the user to use a mouse/menu system, just as an ideal system :should not _force_ the user to type commands. An ideal system should :allow the user to use _either_ the mouse or the keyboard, based on the :preference of the user. Neither the Mac nor the PC are even close to :ideal in this regard. ..... Hmm. Sounds like an Amiga to me. Now's the time to take a closer look. : :-- :Steve Jacobs ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu) Joel Swan