Daryle Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3/21/06 2:14 PM, "David Abrahams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Daryle Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> This is a feature that may be "kewl" for very advanced users, but >>> it's obscure for above-average users, and detrimental to anyone >>> else. >> >> I'm a below-average or middling web user and for me it has nothing to >> do with "kewlness." Once I discovered the feature I considered it useful. > > If you're "below average" in web browsing, then how did you discover the > feature? Do you scrub all the text on every page? (This is very tedious, > which is why making non-links or links look like the other is very bad web > UI.) Did you already know from reading Joel's original message? Or was it > blind luck?
Blind luck. If nobody discovers the feature, nobody is hurt, because it's not essential. Once you discover it, it's useful. > Is the feature superior than just copy & paste from the browser's input > control (or status line)? Not superior; it does something completely different. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
