Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!ukc!eagle!rjf From: rjf@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (Robin Faichney) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.cog-eng,news.admin,news.misc Subject: Re: comp.cog-eng Message-ID: <3220@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 04:48:03 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle.3220 Posted: Wed Jul 22 04:48:03 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 04:18:55 EDT References: <993@mind.UUCP> <3781@osu-eddie.UUCP> <8305@utzoo.UUCP> <5108@utcsri.UUCP> Reply-To: rjf@ukc.ac.uk (Robin Faichney) Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Lines: 18 Xref: mnetor comp.ai:674 comp.cog-eng:219 news.admin:722 news.misc:787 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: In article <5108@utcsri.UUCP> peterr@utcsri.UUCP writes: >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.. As someone very interested in user interfaces, and up to here with some of that ai stuff (sorry Steve), I agree too, but there's no need to risk articles on aircraft control placement - what's wrong with comp.hci (human-computer interaction) or comp.mmi (man-machine interface). These terms are already in common use. Robin