Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!hpcea!hpcilzb!tedj From: tedj@hpcilzb.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Re: MacUser Hypercard coverage (now Hypercard user interface) Message-ID: <870048@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 16:54:26 EST Article-I.D.: hpcilzb.870048 Posted: Tue Nov 24 16:54:26 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Nov-87 07:21:50 EST References: <34647@sun.uucp> Organization: Hewlett Packard DTC Lines: 24 / hpcilzb:comp.sys.mac / cramer%clem@Sun.COM (Sam Cramer) / 1:54 pm Nov 23, 1987 / >Chuq and Zigurd write defending Hypercard against attack on inconsistent >user interface grounds. I beg to differ. >I find the non-standard user interface of Hypercard most distressing. The >strongest point of the Macintosh is its simple and consistent user interface. I agree. In addition, I think that this whole hypertext system can be very dis-orienting. Sure, it's fine to be able to jump back and forth between related ideas, but how do you know you haven't missed something incredibly important unless you have the option of processing the information LINEARLY? Also, I don't like the fact that you can only display ONE card at a time. I wouldn't like to only be able to see ONE PAGE of a reference book at a time, because I would lose track of the context; skimming through the pages IN A LINEAR FASHION is much more effective. -Ted "I guess I'm just a linear kind of guy."