From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse dragging In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:47:27 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 674bb89c-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Richard Miller wrote: > > rio may be graphical it isn't iconic > > No, Plan 9 users can read. Which isn't necessarily a plus, and in fact in some cases may be hubris. It is often true that a picture is worth a thousand words. In addittion there are issues about efficiency where a non-iconic interface is deficient when compared to a iconic one. The reason being it takes a lot longer to type than click once. -- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com