Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:44:18 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: *_enable="YES" behavior is bogus *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Message-ID: <20020130204418.GA4079@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020130193849.EDB8F22F69@boredom.ennui.org> References: <20020130172655.GA1216@raggedclown.net> <20020130193849.EDB8F22F69@boredom.ennui.org>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 11:38:49AM -0800, fate healer wrote: > Cliff Sarginson writes: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 09:49:11PM -0500, Mark Woodson wrote: > > At 08:19 PM 1/29/2002 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > >I was going to say non-intuitive, since everyone likes slinging that > > >one around, but remembered what someone who knows more than a few > > >things about interface design had to say about "intuitive" interfaces: > > > When users say that an interface is intuitive, they mean that it > > > operates just like some other software or method with which they > > > are familiar.[*] > > "The only `intuitive' interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned." > - Bruce Ediger > > > People mock that which they do not understand. > And people make smart-arse remarks like yours, thinking that qualifies > as some kind of answer. > > And other people make cranky retorts like yours, thinking that > qualifies as valid criticism. > I hope you feel better soon. Must be hard to live with so much arrogance. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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