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Taylor Hutt  
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 More options Feb 23 1995, 7:20 am
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From: th...@clark.net (Taylor Hutt)
Date: 23 Feb 1995 07:20:41 -0500
Local: Thurs, Feb 23 1995 7:20 am
Subject: Re: Deep UI questions
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In article <9502211206.AA20...@trt.allied.com>,

Mike Griebling <oberon-n...@inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
>I agree as well that the Windows GUI paradigm is far from intuitive in some
>cases but would also argue that it is worlds better than the user-hostile
>interfaces of the standard UNIX platform or the base DOS OS.  While I don't
>have any pat answers on what I would consider a good user interface, I tend
>to believe that since most people can assimilate information more rapidly
>through graphical means, a GUI of some flavour will continue to be seen.

I only have one bone to pick with this posting: I argue that no computer
interface is intuitive -- none; they are all learned.

    Intuition (n): the power of understanding or knowing something without
                   reasoning or learned skill.

It's intuitive that you should open a sliding glass door to go into a room
or that a painting will not hang on the wall without some projection from
the wall.

On the other hand, double clicking on the close box, or using a
desk-based mouse to position a screen-based pointer above a small
region called the 'title bar', depressing oen the of the buttons and
then sliding the mouse across the table to reposition a screen-based
window is not intuitive.

Apple & MS have done a very good job in convincing everyone that their
software is intuitive -- amazing thing, the power of words and images.

Taylor "Iconoclast" Hutt
It's a pain in the ass when you eyes have no single focal point.


 
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