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Old April 10th 05, 10:14 PM
G. Sylvester
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The very first AIs, then developed in Germany, worked that way, and
studies seem to imply that it's more intuitive.


that's a funny statement. I worked for a Germany company for 5 years
and lived in MUC for a couple. German engineering is great if it has
been refined for many years like their automotive companies. Newer
German designed equipment makes no sense at all. My company had
some equipment with left-handed screws (worse yet it would jam if
you "opened" the screw by turning it to the left when locked).
I just did my German taxes using a German program. To go forward,
you would hit the Zuruck button which means "back." Even my German
friend who was helping me told me to "Shut up. I know it's crazy.
It's German."

nevertheless, having the plane tilt is probably a better concept.
After all, on the TC, the plane moves and not the backing. Now
that I am programmed for the non-USSR-designed AI, I'll stick with it
as I can't imagine how long it would take for me to change.

Gerald Sylvester
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Old April 10th 05, 10:50 PM
Jose
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To go forward,
you would hit the Zuruck button which means "back."


I'm contemplating the bottom left of my computer screen, and thinking of
Abbot and Costello.

Jose
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Old April 10th 05, 11:01 PM
Stefan
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G. Sylvester wrote:

I just did my German taxes using a German program. To go forward,
you would hit the Zuruck button which means "back."


I know a cetain operating system which requires you to click on "start"
to turn it off... Incidentally, it's not a German design.
:-P

Stefan
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Old April 10th 05, 11:58 PM
Peter Duniho
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"Stefan" wrote in message
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I know a cetain operating system which requires you to click on "start" to
turn it off


It also requires you to click "start" to run programs. To change settings.
To view files. To search for files.

In other words, in that context, it ought to be pretty obvious to all but
the most dim-witted that you might find a whole host of interesting
functions, like turning off the computer, there.

Why people continue to insist bring this up as if it's some failure of user
interface design, I have no idea.

I have heard there's another OS that puts the "turn off" function under a
menu named "Special". What's so special about turning off the computer?
And why aren't activities that are truly special not found there?

Pete


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Old April 11th 05, 12:04 AM
Robert B.
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Stefan" wrote in message
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I know a cetain operating system which requires you to click on "start"

to
turn it off


It also requires you to click "start" to run programs. To change

settings.
To view files. To search for files.

In other words, in that context, it ought to be pretty obvious to all but
the most dim-witted that you might find a whole host of interesting
functions, like turning off the computer, there.

Why people continue to insist bring this up as if it's some failure of

user
interface design, I have no idea.

I have heard there's another OS that puts the "turn off" function under a
menu named "Special". What's so special about turning off the computer?
And why aren't activities that are truly special not found there?

Pete


How about having to drag an icon of a diskette to the Trashcan to eject the
thing? Talk about intuitive!


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Old April 11th 05, 10:00 AM
Thomas Borchert
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Robert,

How about having to drag an icon of a diskette to the Trashcan to eject the
thing? Talk about intuitive!


Well, until this day I have this vague notion in the back of my head that it
will delete the contents rather than ejecting it whenever I do it. Very
disturbing.

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Old April 11th 05, 11:09 AM
Stefan
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Thomas Borchert wrote:

How about having to drag an icon of a diskette to the Trashcan to eject the
thing? Talk about intuitive!


Well, until this day I have this vague notion in the back of my head that it
will delete the contents rather than ejecting it whenever I do it.


You still do? Interesting, since they've changed this a couple of years ago.

Stefan
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Old April 11th 05, 12:36 PM
Thomas Borchert
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Stefan,

You still do? Interesting, since they've changed this a couple of years ago.


Not in a company where we still use OS 9.2. Yes, there's a world out there
which is called "reality".

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Old April 12th 05, 05:18 AM
Morgans
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"Stefan" wrote in message
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Thomas Borchert wrote:

How about having to drag an icon of a diskette to the Trashcan to eject

the
thing? Talk about intuitive!


Well, until this day I have this vague notion in the back of my head

that it
will delete the contents rather than ejecting it whenever I do it.


You still do? Interesting, since they've changed this a couple of years

ago.

Stefan


Really, it doesn't even do that. All it does is tell the OS that the
stuff's (deleted files) addresses, are now available to have "new" stuff
written in that location. That is why there are programs that can go back
and retrieve files that have supposedly been deleted.
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Jim in NC

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Old April 11th 05, 12:11 AM
Matt Whiting
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Peter Duniho wrote:

"Stefan" wrote in message
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I know a cetain operating system which requires you to click on "start" to
turn it off



It also requires you to click "start" to run programs. To change settings.
To view files. To search for files.

In other words, in that context, it ought to be pretty obvious to all but
the most dim-witted that you might find a whole host of interesting
functions, like turning off the computer, there.

Why people continue to insist bring this up as if it's some failure of user
interface design, I have no idea.


Because it IS a failure of UI design. Then again, to say that Windows
was designed, is to misuse the word in the first place.


Matt
 




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