On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Judy Perry wrote:
Some people still use Rolodex's (I saw some at Walmart just yesterday).
People still play with actual playing cards.
No mindreading here...
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Dar Scott wrote:
Those who don't know something about programming cling to metaphors they understand. Those who do know insist that their metaphors apply and should be obvious.
An oscilloscope has a panel. If I mentioned the "panel" of an
oscilloscope to a technician an image applies. If I mention a "map" to
a certain class of security system operator, an image applies. It is
the domain of the topic that drives the images and it has nothing to do
with whether they have any knowledge of programming.
How does card apply? Who today knows what a 5X3 card is? Is it really
less ordered than a book? I remember seeing a cartoon showing police
investigating the death of a man stabbed with a rod from a library card
catalog. The officer said to the librarian, "Tell us again about what
happened after he dropped the drawer of cards." In the minds of those
who know what an index card is, cards are ordered.
I remember in the old days when "it should be obvious" what a file is.
Instead people had images of people standing in line, of file cabinets,
of a tool metaphor, of a folder.
What was the first question people asked when introduced to Hypercard? "Do you mean card as in a module that is plugged in, that is, like a board that is plugged into a computer?"
I read novels front to back, but I rarely read technical books that way. I don't think they any less are composed of pages.
Never the less, I am impressed with your mind reading ability.
Dar Scott
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