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- From: jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong)
- Subject: Re: A+/InCider article: ACK!
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- Organization: Rice University
- References: <9FPauB7w165w@bluemoon.use.com> <uerics.721965155@mcl>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:43:48 GMT
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- In article <uerics.721965155@mcl> uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd) writes:
- >
- >o Proportional scroll bars (how in blazes can Mac people stand those phony
- >scroll bars -- that's the most non-intuitive thing I've ever seen).
-
- I like proportional scroll bars; they make sense to me.
- But, supposedly, Apple has done tests that indicate that they are less
- intuitive for new users. And they would screw up the Mac's fancy 3-D
- design (*grin*).
-
- >o Easy access to foreign disks (let's face it, AFE is _slooowwww_ and
- >doesn't work very well on ProDOS files).
-
- I have to disagree here. My Mac recognizes ProDOS and MS-DOS disks
- automatically, and mounts them on the desktop. I can even map MS-DOS
- extensions to particular applications, so I can open an application
- and document simultaneously by double-clicking on the application.
-
- >o More intuitive Finder (IMHO. For example, there are many more keyboard
- >equivalents, and these are more logical in many ways)
-
- Yes. Empty Trash, at least. Maybe they don't want to make it too easy
- to accidentally delete something. The equivalent for "Put Away", command-y,
- is physically very close to command-t. On the GS side, though, having
- "Get Info" in the Special menu always seemed weird to me, even though
- techinically you can "Get Info" on objects that aren't files.
-
- >o Knows when to break the rules (the Mac follows the HIG obsessively,
- >avoiding intuitiveness just to follow those guidelines. They're called
- >"guidelines", not "the law". Having a key equivalent for "Print..." seems
- >intuitive to me...)
-
- There is one. Apple officially recommends command-P for "Print...". This
- actually represents a change from the original guidelines.
-
- >The Mac is a pretty good machine, but it could certainly learn a few
- >things from the IIGS (and the other IIs, for that matter).
-
- Of course. I still wsh the GS Finder wouldn't be unable to find
- the application that belongs to a given document just because the program's
- filename has changed.
-
-
- --
- Jim Wong (jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu)
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