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Alex Oren alexo at bigfoot.com
Thu Jun 26 09:49:14 CEST 1997


ChrisG wrote:

} [Caliban:]
} 
} :If you have no concept of anything, the server must by necessity support
} :an intuitive and understandable method of describing in an effective
} :fashion something that the developer would never in a million years have
} :thought of.
} :It's the 'intuitive and understandable' parts which bog down some servers.
} 
} "Intuitive and understandable" are so subjective that they can easily
} lose all value as evaluators. As you say below, the concensus (hah!) of
} a group of people is generally of more value, so long as that group has
} enough background to be aware of most of the issues. The opinion of a
} large group of uninformed/inexperienced people is often not worth much.

Just a couple of days ago I came across an interesting post in an endless GUI
war thread.

"The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else has to be learned."


Have fun,
Alex.




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