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From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Message-ID: <994@biar.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 89 18:44:53 GMT
References: <33269@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <10673@encore.Encore.COM> <2676@aecom.yu.edu>
Organization: Biar Games, Inc.
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werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) writes:

>In article <10673@encore.Encore.COM>, jdarcy@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff d'Arcy) writes:
>Let's face it: a command line is easier to write programs for, takes up less
>memory (that's why IBM liked it) and once you know the secret (ah,
>there's the rub), is much more efficient than heiroglyphics, which is
>what icons really are.  

Join the real world.  Any real application program (as opposed to a utility
such as COPY) has to have some sort of user interface, and the Mac defines
one for you.  Yes, you have to work a little harder to make your interface
consistant with the User Interface Guidelines, but hey, you are getting paid
to do so kiddo; your job is to provide a product that makes the user's life
EASIER.

As for heiroglyphics, lets talk about the UNIX or DOS ones.  "edlin", "mv",
"subst" "nlsfunc" "chcp" or the options to unix "find".  Icons are easier
to recognise; numerous perceptual studies have proved this.

Listen, YOU may not like the Mac.  Fine.  Go play on your PC.  But don't
trash it by posting stupid, uninformed comments.  The studies clearly show
that it's easier to learn and use the Mac, and that the average Mac user
uses many more programs than the average PC user.  99% of Mac people are
USERS, only 1% programmers.  As programmers, our jobs come down to giving
the user what he/she/it wants.  The Mac provides a framework for doing
this; that is why it is successful.

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