creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread G. Crimp
Hi, I'm trolling for ideas and guidance. I'm trying to help my parents enter the electronic age. They basically know nothing about computers. They're 80 and I'm stubborn. This means that things have to be super easy for them, and I'm hoping to avoid windoze. So far I have set

RE: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Darren Benham
On 27-May-98 G. Crimp wrote: I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent (maybe xfmail or netscape) just by clicking the appropriate

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel
On Tue, 26 May 1998, G. Crimp wrote: I'm trolling for ideas and guidance. I'm trying to help my parents enter the electronic age. They basically know nothing about computers. They're 80 and I'm stubborn. This means that things have to be super easy for them, and I'm hoping to avoid

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of G. Crimp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of G. Crimp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, logout,

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 08:14:39AM -0500, Tim O'Brien wrote: Impatience, lazyness and hubris. Always remember these three great virtues (© Larry Wall) Do not program something which has already been programmed several times. You have the choices to do what you want without any