--On Friday, December 13, 2002 09:00:07 +1100 Terry Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You are missing the point, having the browser remember the last visited sites and auto-complete them for you is quite different from typing mouseDown, openStack or even doubleMouseUp - a "long" one.Cool it may be but I'm not sure enhancements like the one you describe make life easier for the scripter. The time one spends hitting the space key, reading a dropdown menu, choosing something and so on, is most likely longer then just typing the command.Surely this depends on the length of the command. For mine, this approach has clear benefits (both accuracy and speed) when typing urls into browser location bars.
For example those who are beyond syntax errors and are more concerned with optimizing the script.I used to get excited at script coloring until I noticed that reading text of different colors was just harder then plain black text. One of the reasons I never felt for Revolution was exactly this richness of features and controls with which I found myself spending more time reading and clicking then writing script. Maybe it's really helpful for the beginners though I remember when I first started with Supercard I spent most of the time in the less featured environment.Provided there is a careful choice of colours and they are not overused script colouring can help you identify many structural and syntax errors at a glance. It may decrease readability of the script as a whole but then who reads script as prose?
To be honest, I don't really care to speculate on what I imagine people in the business of instructional design/usability really think or sell or whether or not they agree with me, I was just expressing my opinion on the issue based on my experience.Considering the huge acceptance and love for Hypercard which was the bare minimum, I tend to believe that this hunger for artifacts has it roots in marketing rather then need for extra functionality, sort of like the popularity of hamburgers world wide.I think there are plenty of people in the business of instructional design/usability business that will disagree with you (not hamburgers).
There might be just as many experts if not more who will agree with me.
Cheers,Terry...Regards, Andu Novac _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard-- _________________________________________________________________________ __ Dr Terry Judd Biomedical Multimedia Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 03 9344 0187 Fax: 03 9344 4998 _________________________________________________________________________ __ _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
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