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Chris Torek
torek at elf.ee.lbl.gov
Fri Jun 28 22:46:01 AEST 1991
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In article <3540 at unisoft.UUCP> greywolf at unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:
>[ Are people so against a keyboard? Is it really just "quaint"? I don't
> find it so. People must *really* hate typing if they start thinking of
> this stuff... ]
It occurred to me during Usenix, while listening to Tom Christiansen
playing the piano, that the piano keyboard is a distinctly `unfriendly'
interface by the `average user's standards'. Look how long people have
to train to be able to use it effectively. Should we replace it with a
point-and-click interface?
(Of course, this analogy, like all analogies, cannot be taken too far
before it falls apart. But it gives the right flavor.)
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