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From: Matt <matt@proweb.co.uk>
To: Eric de Redelijkheid <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Cc: ericdere@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re[2]: [9fans] User Interface
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:10:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6579185833.20010816121028@proweb.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B7AB184.3030106@xs4all.nl>

EdR> I am thinking of trying beos instead.
y, I'm sure the mighty userbase will appreciate your arrival.

EdR> My motivation is not to put up with any illconceived idea about how a
EdR> computer should be operated.
Then your only real solution is to write your own OS.

1 button for "shutdown"
1 button for "write electronic letter"
....
1 button for "read inter-web page on electric newspaper"

you could make a 300 key keyboard

oh, Microsoft already did that



  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-08-16 11:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-14 10:02 nigel
2001-08-14 10:27 ` Lucio De Re
2001-08-14 12:45   ` pac
2001-08-15  8:34     ` Eric de Redelijkheid
2001-08-15 10:29       ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-16  0:59       ` Micah Stetson
2001-08-15 23:25         ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-16  8:28       ` Douglas A. Gwyn
     [not found]     ` <200108151619.MAA07420@augusta.math.psu.edu>
2001-08-16  8:28       ` Eric de Redelijkheid
2001-08-16 10:26         ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-16 10:43           ` Eric de Redelijkheid
2001-08-16 11:10         ` Matt [this message]
2001-08-16 19:29         ` Steve Kilbane
2001-08-16 20:40           ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-17  8:50           ` mark powers
2001-08-17  8:49         ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-08-14 13:15 John Murdie
2001-08-14 14:11 ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-14 17:13 anothy
2001-08-14 17:24 ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-17  8:48   ` Chet Ramey
2001-08-15  5:07 David Gordon Hogan
2001-08-15 17:15 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-15 12:56 forsyth
2001-08-15 12:56 forsyth
2001-08-15 15:56 Scott Schwartz
2001-08-20 15:02 anothy
2001-08-20 21:01 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-20 21:10 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-20 15:28 Russ Cox
2001-08-20 16:25 anothy

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