From: c2xjfa@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (James F Allman III)
Subject: Re: GUI Study
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In article <1993Apr23.031744.19111@mercury.unt.edu>, seth@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Seth Buffington) writes:
> >Cutsie little Macintrash-like icons that are an instant recipe for
> >mousitis IMHO. System 7 is undoubtedly the worst GUI I have used (out of
> >that, RISCOS, MSWombles, and X11) simply because it does not provide enough
> >keyboard shortcuts. Windows I must confess I quite like (cover your ears
> >:-) ) because you can actually use it without having to ever touch the
> >mouse.
> [stuff delete]
> >the user rather than making things _easier_ - and there should always be
> >the option to do it your way if you want to, which is why I like the
> >UNIX/X combination so much - it's so customizable. 
> 
> Hear! Hear! I agree completely. One thing I can't stand about
> the Mac interface is its shear determination to FORCE you to use
> the mouse(what if your mouse breaks--your whole system is
> down!).  I like the mouse--it is handy on some occassions such
> as cut and past and moving icons around, etc.  But for most
> work, the keyboard and hot keys are 10-20 times faster than
> using the mouse. Sure it is a plus to be able to do something
> simple if you are an inexperienced user, but how long is it
> before your are experienced? A month? Two? (Speaking of PCs at
> the moment.)
> 	I don't think it is too much to ask that window
> programmers provide not only a menu/mouse interface but also
> look forward to those who would like to move on to hot keys and
> command line interfaces, which usually allows you to do more in
> less time IF you are experienced.
> 	All of the above equally applies to windowing systems on
> UNIX (especially since Unix is at least 500% more powerful than
> DOS).
> 
And at least 500% more user unfriendly as well!
