Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!husc6!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Request for human interface design anecdotes (and a cure?) Message-ID: <2592@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 15:44:02 EST Article-I.D.: mmintl.2592 Posted: Tue Dec 1 15:44:02 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 20:13:24 EST References: <3103@psuvax1.psu.edu> <1987Nov21.014754.19660@sq.uucp> <392@xyzzy.UUCP> <1987Nov27.011955.10801@sq.uucp> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Followup-To: comp.cog-eng Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT. Lines: 17 Xref: utgpu comp.cog-eng:337 comp.unix.xenix:1090 comp.unix.wizards:5377 [I have directed follow-ups to comp.cog-eng only.] In article <1987Nov27.011955.10801@sq.uucp> msb@sq.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes: >While I'm posting, I'll add the bit I left out the first time. I have >made it a habit *not* to hit Return instantly upon typing a line that >has both "rm" and "*" in it. I pause and reread it. It's an easy habit >to establish, and it's all the protection I think I need against "rm * .o". I agree. Without having particularly thought about it, I do the same thing. I suspect that most experienced programmers do, too. This, of course, makes it no less a human interface problem. The only people who can fix the problem are the people who don't need to. -- Frank Adams ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Ashton-Tate 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108