I heard a recent article on the radio on the order in which automatic
transmission must shift by US standards, "PRND." The same reason was cited
for the requirements-standardization; whether it was the "best" standard or
not, it prevented accidents caused by unfamiliarity with the "hardware."
Most people aren't going to lose life or limb when crashing their home
computer, so there's been no governmental move to mandate which standard is
correct.
>From: John Oram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Older PC and DOS Internet Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [SURVPC] pedal to the metal is a UI
>Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:31:01 -0700
>
>boB:
>
>FYI - In the years prior to WW2 the Italian Grand Prix cars had the gas
>pedal in the middle. That killed a few famous British GP drivers when
>they accelerated instead of slowed down at corners and around other GP
>cars.
-snip-
>What it shows is any UI - user interface - is also a popularity oriented
>criteria and may force a minority to work with what the majority deems
>is "correct" - even though the older method could be more efficient or
>effective...
>Later, John O
I think it has a lot more to do with how one is trained to think when
learning to use a computer. The interface we use sculpts how we view the
system we're using. We build an architecture in our head. I think that
when we switch to other interfaces, no matter what kind of machine we're
using, we try to learn the new interface in terms of the old one.
After some wayward years, I'm going back to my native MSDOS.
Jason Max Stotter
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