Friday, January 04, 2002, 10:13:42 PM, you wrote: > @ 18:37:27 -0600 [ Fri, 4 Jan 2002], Joe Finocchiaro [JF] wrote these > words of wisdom: > ... JF>> Yep. That's the kind of guy I am. I'm a Button Guy.
JF>> Let the Programmers do the programming, and let the Button Guys push JF>> the buttons. JF>> It's called progress. > That I can agree with. The synchronisation process should really > ideally ask the user where the source and target installations are and > then do everything after that. No, ideally the user shouldn't be asked to do anything but push the button. :) JF>> That why Windows is in, and DOS is out. JF>> I'm also a Mouse Guy, rather than a Keyboard Guy. > Your loss there. :-) Allie, it it weren't for mouses and GUIs, I wouldn't even own a computer, much less two of them. Neither would, oh, perhaps 1 billion other people. > Note that I'd rather press a button than go through the exercise that > I explained. Why? It would be easier. See? We're not so different. > However I don't wish to use the mouse too much, especially when > editing. Why? The mouse isn't quick enough and can actually make you > do more. Allie, there's just no way that I could memorize all those keyboard "shortcuts" and commands. Okay, maybe I could if I really worked at it everyday, but I'm nothing if not lazy. Yes, I do use a few keyboard shortcuts, like CNRL-C, CRTL-V, etc. but they're universal in nature, and somewhat intuitive. And with just a weeeedel mouse and some INTUITIVE GUI software, I (and about 1 billion others) can get by. Bill Gates became the richest man in the world because he knew there were a lot of Mouse Guys and Button Guys just like me out there. He probably used to hang out in saloons. JF>> Mouse Guys and Button Guys hang out together in saloons, but JF>> Programmers and Keyboard Guys hang out together in coffee shops JF>> (e.g., Starbucks). > :-) > Just today I was with one of my colleagues helping him with the > editing of his research paper. He was extremely grateful to me when I > showed him what the CTRL-A, CTRL-Home, CTRL-End, End and Home keys > did. :-) He was glad to stop using the mouse to do the same things. > You must realize that he hangs out in saloons, right? <g> Mouse Guys and Button Guys are always extremely grateful for any help that anyone provides to us -- because we always need a lot it. But the time will come when your friend will revert back to his old Button Guy or Mouse Guy habits. He won't be writing a research paper forever, and as soon as he stops and doesn't need to use those commands for awhile, he'll probably forget them. Why? Because all the booze that he drinks in all those saloons will eventually kill enough of his brain cells that he will no longer be able to remember the difference between a CTRL-A and a CTRL-X... ...or, God forbid, a CTRL-ALT-DEL. -- Joe Finocchiaro mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
