Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!cbmvax!carolyn From: carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Workbench Message-ID: <1207@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 10:51:17 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1207 Posted: Mon Jan 5 10:51:17 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Jan-87 21:48:10 EST References: <210@dragon.tc.fluke.COM> <254@unirot.UUCP> <4129@videovax.Tek.COM> <1987Jan1.122231.12588@utcs.uucp> Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 26 In article <1987Jan1.122231.12588@utcs.uucp> wagner@utcs.UUCP (Michael Wagner) writes: > >In article <4129@videovax.Tek.COM> stever@videovax.Tek.COM (Steven E. Rice, P.E.) writes: >> >>The flip side is that my 3-1/2-year-old son can start up SpeechToy *BY* >>*HIMSELF*, thanks to the Workbench! > >AMEN! Part of what is so important about workbench is that it can be >used by neophites, and people who aren't particularly computer literate. I never fully realized the power and simplicity of the whole gadget/menu Intuition interface until this past holiday weekend. With almost no instruction, various visiting relatives were able to use gadgets and menus. They played games and drew pictures and amused themselves for hours. The mouse-clickers included a 4-year-old who can't color inside the lines and an older relative who despite repeated instruction can not insert modular phone connectors. I was amazed. carolyn -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Carolyn Scheppner -- CBM >>Amiga Technical Support<< UUCP ...{allegra,caip,ihnp4,seismo}!cbmvax!carolyn PHONE 215-431-9180 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=