Re: RGSG

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

sun <as387@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
[...gimp example...]
> the file menu.
> 8. go to a console or xterm and type "ps aux | grep gimp"
> 
> we still have a process running, right? okay, we just closed a data
> file, said "i'm done with all this stuff," and got rid of it. however,
> the process is still running. this is a good thing, because guess what:
> 

actually, xv works in the other way - if you close the last picture, it
automatically exits. I still get upset about that every time. this is a
da(m)n bug. (sorry, it just hit me :) ). closing all files and exiting the
app are totally  different things.


> the one i'd like to comment on here is screenplays. it's a wonderful
> idea, but i rather like "the mac way" myself: rather than doing it for
> you, or showing you and making you repeat, it puts a big red magic
> marker circle around the next step (a menu choice or button, for
> instance) and makes you do it yourself. doing it yourself is the best
> way imo, but let me disclaim: i'm sure a lot of research has been done
> in learning techniques, so my opinion and experience in this isn't going
> to be as authoritative as my experience with gui's.

any way to realize this red stuff? it strikes me as being superior to
screenplays for two reasons in addition to your own: a) it's much easier
scriptable, without having to be "vorturner" as the germans say. b) it
allows for interaction, feedback and adjusts itself automatically to the
speed of the user.



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