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Subject: Re: Re[2]: [9fans] User Interface
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:56:02 +0100
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>>Personally I don't want an interface that has dancing paperclips to
>>tell me how to write a letter but my mum likes it. Things don't always
>>have to be simple to use in the first 5 minutes.

as i think i've said before, my mother saw me using acme, asked for
a demonstration, and liked it.    i've shown people how to use the
basics of acme in a matter of minutes not hours (compared to some other things)
and they often weren't technical either.   one reason is that it relies on the
composition of a small collection of primitives, each of which is easy to explain and learn quickly.