Tusk, tusk, you two...
> From: Scott Raney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 13:40:18 -0700 (MST)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MetaCard review
>
> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
>
>>> Probably true, if they've learned HyperCard first. But as has been
>>> pointed out many times by many different people, learning HyperCard is
>>> no picnic either, what with all its non-standard behaviors (the
>>> separate tools and the fact that you can't even do something as simple
>>> as draw a button with the button tool being the most glaring examples
>>> of this).
>>
>> Just to set the record straight, you can. You can draw both buttons and
>> fields with their respective tools. You need to hold down the command
>> key while doing it though.
>
> Right, I knew that, but how many new users would?
>
>> The default button is transparent with
>> showName set to false; the default field is transparent, Geneva 12. This
>> is the standard way I create buttons and fields.
>
> Which are bizarre defaults, if you ask me. The default button style
> (and showName setting) is probably used for less than 1% of buttons,
> and the default field style for about that percentage of fields.
> Where are all the people complaining about this user-hostile feature?
>
>> Choosing a different tool for each object doesn't seem any different to
>> me than choosing a different painting tool for each activity in a paint
>> program. The standards here are less clear, but to be fair, different
>> tools for different activities were the norm when HC was first written.
>
> Ah, but we're not being "fair" here, we're "objectively" comparing the
> learnability and usability of the tools (at least that's what I
> thought we were doing). As for different tools being the norm, I
> think the distinction to be made here is with drawing tools, not
> painting tools. To select and change the properties of a rectangle,
> you don't have to select the "rectangle" tool in any drawing program
> I've ever seen (including any of them released before HyperCard, and
> there were many).
> Regards,
> Scott
>
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>
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> MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that...
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