Hello Hammer,
hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
}- What I had been looking for, in the first instance when this
}- thread began, is the reason for this almost instinctive "hate"
}- against writing on a command line [snip] - despite the
}- evidently more cumbersome and often cryptic procedure to click
}- 19 times on the "right" icon/symbol to do a simple thing like
}- saving a file to somewhere. A thing like a "double-click" is
}- as little "evident" as the sign ">" on a command line - you
}- have to learn it's meaning in any case. So why is the one
}- accepted an the other rejected ?
}- Learning is a rather complex thing, and one of its elements is
}- individual precondition, [snip]
I have thought about this and preconditioning is definitely part
of it...
Think about the psychology of the wording. "Command line
interface." The word "command" certianly implies *authority*,
being in charge, in control, in command. My own experience,
and the experiences of others (including those here in this
list) seems to indicate that those who are not afraid of
computers prefer command line interfaces - in fact they want
direct straight-forward control of their computer. What I don't
understand is where this fear of computers comes from, they
are just machines. There are all kinds of machines in our lives
all the time, every day. If you think about it people should be
much more afraid of their cars than computers. How many people
have you ever heard of who were killed in a computer accident?
<grin>
Then there is "graphical user interface." This puts someone in
their place right away, doesn't it - they are a "user," certainly
not in command! And "graphical," I think most people think of
this in terms of "graphic description" or "graphic portrayal"
like a map or a chart that will tell/show them where to go and
what to do. What they forget is that every map has a scale and
legend that must be understood, as does any chart or blueprint.
Boanne
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