Indeed, Dan & Dennis, isn't this one of THE primary differences between the way DOS was designed/improved and the Mac OS?
I wish I could cite chapter and verse at this point, but, I'm brain-dead (okay -- I'll say it before any of you: more brain-dead than usual), and yet I could all but swear that I read somewhere that the Mac OS (and, all if not most successive GUIs by implication) were designed *specifically* to encourage mouse-based as opposed to type-based interaction styles. That you see and comprehend and do as opposed to see, comprehend/guess, and respond... and get an error code or not... Judy On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Dan Shafer wrote: > Dennis..... > > Great point. I suspect the preference you point out for mouse vs. keyboard > as primary interaction mechanism explains a lot of stuff. > > > > On 3/26/06, Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dan, > > > > You being a writer, most likely never have your fingers far from the > > keyboard. It makes sense to me that you would operate in that way. > > > > However, I being a very image oriented person, never have my fingers > > far from the mouse, and dislike having to go to the keyboard for > > anything I can point and click. I rarely use cmd-key alternatives > > except for the occasional qspazxcv --which are the basic common set > > for all apps. > > So count me in with Dr. Miller on this one. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author > http://www.shafermedia.com > Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" > >From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution