Re: Huge Batch Reply: Stephen

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Dan "Effugas" Kaminsky wrote:

> >> File should be the leftmost text menu.  If research shows users open the
> >> gnomeprint, on average, before they open the File menu, then it should be
> >> the leftmost menu, PERIOD.
> >>
> >> Usability--New is much more useful than Exit.
> >
> >apple and atari have already proven you wrong on this. please don't
> >belabor the point.
> 
> They have?  I missed this!  last time I opened up a mac file menu, I saw the
> same stuff, apple menu(but that's different), then File w/ all the normal IO
> stuff including Exit at the bottom.

how convenient for you, when arguing for "file" solely on the basis of
its position on the menubar, to stick in "but that's different" any time
you are proven wrong. verrrry convenient indeed. and not a single
argument to tell why.

i'm starting to really tire of this sort of argument. i'm going to take
the couple of days off tom suggested. somebody else can listen to this
flawed logic for a while.

the most useful part of my irc research:

<Primer> yeah, quit is my favorite in any kde menu :P
<randal_> Primer: well said :P

> I just tested my sister--she had the main entries in File memorized, but
> NOTHING else...couldn't tell me off the top of her head how to change font
> size, or italicize, or etc.

wouldn't it be great if she could tell you exactly which menu to find
them in though.

"<f00l> sundeity: I'd prefer for you to have some big breakthrough idea
on
user interface...merely avoiding the idiocy of older interfaces is just
a
question of taking care and thought (no one ever does)"

can your sister name the first 20 prime numbers too?
--
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deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin