Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Look and Feel? Or just Look? Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 90 01:09:10 GMT References: <671@tci.bell-atl.com> <1907@cbnewsi.ATT.COM> <1990Feb14.201536.29437@sq.sq.com> <5348@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <1463@sragwa.sra.co.jp> <247@uucs1.UUCP> <1464@sragwa.sra.co.jp> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 16 > Well, the fact that I didn't know [that clicking above or below the knob > moves up or down a page] just goes to show how non-intuitive Motif's > scrollbar is. :-( And the fact that I didn't know that the barely discernible color difference on the cable shows the proportion visible just goes to show just how non intuitive Open Look's scrollbar is. :-> Seriously, you can't expect to magically glark *everything* right off. You had to learn how to point and click, didn't you. I know, one day we'll have a direct cerebral interface and this business of learning a few rules about a UI will go by the wayside. We'll just know it all intuitively, just the way we know the real world. Yes, that statement is sarcastic. As a daddy I know all to well how the real world isn't always intuitive... -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'