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From: roths@dg-rtp.dg.com (Robert Rothschild)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Text file madness on the Mac.
Keywords: Something else you can't do on the Mac
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Date: 6 Jan 90 17:06:42 GMT
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In article <2706@aecom.yu.edu> werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) writes:
>
>	Over twenty people wrote mail, giving about 15 different ways to
>do this, some of which were quite elegant.  But that's not the point.
>It's a simple task, and it should have a standard solution.  I mean the
>fact that fifteen people have found fifteen different ways to do
>something does not reflect favorably on machine that prides itself on a
>consistent user interface.

Consistent interface design has nothing to do with the number of methods
to complete a task.  In this context, "consistent" means each user input
will be met with a predictable system response.

	     Bob Rothschild   roths@dg-rtp.dg.com