Kali McLaughlin wrote:
>
> I realise the reason I detest win95 so much is that the GUI has all but
> destroyed natural grammar. Even in a graphical interface there is a
> grammar of distinction between places and actions, and a time line of
> where you have been. It really upsets me when I cant distinguish between
> an exe, a directory and a file. Also It bothers me when things are
> behind things, or in wrappers.
Hi Kali;
I must say that I am in total sympathy with your feelings on this subject
and I appreciate the detail you have put into describing a problem I have
only been able to describe as "the ambiguity of the GUI".
I was beginning to think I was alone in my dislike of that loathsome thing.
> I write to extol the vitues of millennium old inventions such as word
> order, alphabetical order, dating, and systematic name attributes,
> called inflection in the overlooked dicipline of grammar.
>
> I find I like the Arachne interface because the hot keys are always
> verbs, the arrow keys are always time line, and the ikons are definitely
> buttons which you push - more verbs.
- Clarence Verge
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