From: splite@purdue.edu
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse dragging
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:00:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031010150044.GB16004@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ff75144877f08220747e263a0c09217b@caldo.demon.co.uk>
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:16:38PM +0100, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> >>i'm always fsck'd up when i point an icon which i can't
> >>identify its function and wait a stupid balloon to appear.
>
> the most amusing example of that i've seen recently
> was the Redhat button with some text in it that when
> hovered over produced the same text in a balloon.
I can't wait to see what follows "tool tips". How about full motion video
in a popup window (maybe with some subtle product placement) that shows what
would happen if you clicked on the icon.
Maybe after that, Microsoft will be ready to switch to Voice-activated User
Interfaces and start the cycle anew:
take 1: speak natural language commands to the computer
doesn't work, people can't form unambiguous commands
take 2: computer speaks a list of commands to speak back
doesn't work, applications add too many commands, takes all day to hear them
take 3: invent "shorthand" language so that it doesn't take so long to recite
menu items
doesn't work, people can't remember the shorthand
take 4: if no reponse to "shorthand" query, repeat in real language and wait
for user to confirm
works, but everything now takes ten times as long to do
take 5: people switch to 9mm command language (small boyd tribute)
Of course, by then Plan 9 users will be driving acme by thought control.
(But remember, you must think in UTF-8.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-10 15:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-09 9:11 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2003-10-09 9:36 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-10-09 22:16 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-10 15:00 ` splite [this message]
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2003-10-08 3:12 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2003-10-09 1:31 ` okamoto
2003-10-09 1:46 ` ron minnich
2003-10-09 3:18 ` Joel Salomon
2003-10-09 14:09 ` Axel Belinfante
2003-10-09 20:37 ` C H Forsyth
2003-10-09 22:00 ` a
[not found] <18814d09032655e7112ad11263b117be@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac .jp>
2003-10-08 2:50 ` Andrew Simmons
2003-10-08 14:59 ` rt
2003-10-08 2:25 okamoto
2003-10-08 2:28 ` George Michaelson
2003-10-08 2:37 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 8:07 ` Richard Miller
2003-10-08 13:47 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 15:42 ` rt
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