Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site spar.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!spar!freeman From: freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Discussion topic -- Human interface? Message-ID: <393@spar.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 23:51:47 EDT Article-I.D.: spar.393 Posted: Thu Jul 11 23:51:47 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 12:41:52 EDT Reply-To: freeman@max.UUCP (Jay Freeman) Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA Lines: 20 References: [ There is no line-eat<*munch*> ] Discussion here has been pretty dull for a month or so. I was about to liven things up by posting an article explaining that mice and menus were an even worse means of communicating with a computer than Hollerith cards (you'll have to guess whether that comes with a :-) or not), when it suddenly occured to me that this time -- in contrast to the 8086/rest-of-the-world fracas of late -- the subject really might not be appropriate for net.arch. So I thought I would ask whether other people thought that that would be an suitable topic. After all, it's sort of the topmost layer of the architecture (he said lamely) ... Seriously, I am interested in certain aspects of computer/user interfaces, and am looking for a place to discuss it. Real computers should be emousculated!! -- Jay Reynolds Freeman (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)(canonical disclaimer)