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Re: Info sucks?



Avery Pennarun writes:
> Despite many jokes to the contrary, there _do_ exist computer interfaces
> that people can just use without (significant?) training.  Even most
> brain-dead first-time newbies can figure out by themselves that the
> "arrow keys" are used to "move the cursor" when they are in a text
> editor.

I seriously doubt that a person who has never before seen a computer or a
keyboard or a screen would work that out very quickly.

Nothing about computers is intuitive.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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