At 11:30 PM 25/11/02 -0900, Greg Burkman burkman-at-alaska.net |wrote: >So, I guess my point is that people who have never worked on a Mac can find >the OS 9.1 Trash also very... "unrealistic," "funny," "sympathetic," and >"rare." And that's a good thing lol.
However, the metaphor of ejecting a disk by putting it into the trash isn't so obvious. To many it seems like you're going to erase its contents. I once worked with someone who refused to believe that was the way to eject, and used apple-E which didn't gracefully close or save files on the floppy. But she insisted on doing it that way. And the very first time I used a Mac (a 1st generation one) with a borrowed boot floppy, on inserting it came up with "eject or initialise disk". Well, "initialise" means "begin" so I went ahead and wiped the guy's disk.... "The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned." -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
