4.0182 GUI (2/24)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 14 Jun 90 17:34:28 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0182. Thursday, 14 Jun 1990.
(1) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 90 05:26:24 IST (9 lines)
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@TAUNIVM>
Subject: Re: 4.1065 Windows 3.0; GUI
(2) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 90 11:35:18 EDT (15 lines)
From: Geoffrey Rockwell <Geoffrey_Rockwell@poczta.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Subject: 4.1065 Windows 3.0; GUI
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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 90 05:26:24 IST
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@TAUNIVM>
Subject: Re: 4.1065 Windows 3.0; GUI (2/84)
on the gui. i am quite in agreement. i prefer a command line interface
with a good system of menus like nota-bene's. i don't have any problem
with other people who like to work with icons or whatever, but i would
be very unhappy if computer hardware etc were desgined in the future to
make it impossible to talk to my computer in words. daniel
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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 90 11:35:18 EDT
From: Geoffrey Rockwell <Geoffrey_Rockwell@poczta.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Subject: 4.1065 Windows 3.0; GUI
One thing that intrigues me about the GUI - Command line issue is the
possibility that the two can enhance each other. MPW has Commando where
one can use dialogue-boxes to build commands one is unfamiliar with.
You see the command emerge as you select options. Once you understand
the parameters of the command you can skip the dialogue-box and issue it
directly. Commando (what a terrible name!) is only one side of the
equation. I would like to see an interface where you could ask the
system to walk you through the gestures that correspond to a command and
show you the commands that correspond to your gestures. One could then
create larger eventa that are combinations of gestures and commands.
Yours,
Geoffrey Rockwell
rockwell@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca