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From Henry Spencer:
> Speaking as an ex-reader of comp.cog-eng, more people would read it if it
> wasn't full of cross-posted sludge that has nothing to do with human
> factors.  Perhaps it needs renaming.

As one of the people who helped create the group, I agree with Henry.
The name is probably incorrect and elicits the wrong kind of postings.
Perhaps comp.humfac? Even if that name means we get the occasional
article about the placement of controls in aircraft cockpits, it would
be much better than the current situation (and could even be interesting,
as those concerns, the province of traditional industrial human factors,
do have lessons for designers of user interfaces).

So, I suggest that comp.cog-eng be deleted and comp.humfac be created.

Peter Rowley, University of Toronto Computer Systems Research Institute
peterr@csri.toronto.EDU, utcsri!peterr