Date: 16 Mar 2002 01:35:46 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Free BSD Message-ID: <xzpd6y5pcwt.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020315181331.01b26160@threespace.com> References: <20020314204235.L152-100000@pogo.caustic.org> <15505.28725.937368.158235@guru.mired.org> <20020314204235.L152-100000@pogo.caustic.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020315181331.01b26160@threespace.com>
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Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> writes: > I read Jef Raskin's comments, and even though I've heard this opinion > expressed before I don't understand them. If every window manager out > there has done it wrong, why doesn't Raskin put his money where his > mouth is and provide us with his vision of the humane GUI? [...] IMHO, Raskin has a few good points (like the notion that it's easier to hit something at the edge of the screen, and even easier to hit something in a corner), but is completely wrong on most others, such as his insistance that selecting a menu entry with the mouse is faster than pressing a function key, etc. I cringe every time I see a Mac user correct a typo by painstakingly selecting the last character he typed with the mouse before typing the correct character, instead of just using the backspace key (and if you thought that was a stupid thing to do on a PC, wait 'till you've tried in on a modern Mac with its slippery, microscopic mouse) > [...] I know > that he's written his thoughts/experience in his book, but why not > give us an implementation to show the uneducated masses his superior > methodology at work? He did - he designed the original MacOS GUI. His opinion of MacOS X is probably more than slightly tainted by bitterness at having his baby replaced by somebody else's baby. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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