> > We are beings > > designed to work naturally from symbols, signs, and icons; not terse textual > > messages. <snip>
> This is > why symbols and analogies are not good and dangerous in this case. Most > errors of inexperienced users can be explained by this. And if you > really understood the concepts many of the advantages of GUIs are gone - > they are still useful in certain scenarios, but they will not kill the > commandline in a looong time. I'd just like to point out that text is _also_ a sign. I think it's whether or not you can interpret the sign that matters, and not the form that the sign takes (necessarily)... ...so, essentially, I think you're both right - for the most part. Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe that's the whole point behind studying semiotics... linguistics... anthropology... or any of the arts, I guess... <shrug> -- [email protected] mailing list
