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Article #3768Re: Stupid Users
From: r... Phydeaux
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 16:25
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 1990 16:25
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In article <58...@bbn.BBN.COM> cos...@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
>d...@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (David Anderson) writes:
>}In article <10353@stiatl.UUCP> tok@stiatl.UUCP (Terry Kane) writes:
>}>How about a user, confronted by a typical "press any key" message,
>}>calling tech support complaining...
>}> But I don't have an ANY key on my keyboard!
>}I had to then try and explain to her why she couldn't use the
>}SHIFT , CTRL and CAPS LOCK keys.
>And of course, after you reflect on it there is hardly any reason to be so
>'helpful' and make the program so general, instead of simply having it read
> "And then hit the space bar"
>and be done with it -- no ambiguity, no confusion, no nothing...
Except that since 'space' is not labeled some more clueless users manage to
have problems finding it...
reb
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!squid!reb From: r...@squid.rtech.com (Phydeaux) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Stupid Users Message-ID: <5709@rtech.Ingres.COM> Date: 17 Aug 90 16:25:58 GMT References: <6889@helios.TAMU.EDU> <10353@stiatl.UUCP> <4553@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <58926@bbn.BBN.COM> Sender: ne...@rtech.Ingres.COM Reply-To: reb@squid.UUCP (Phydeaux) Organization: On the LEFT coast for now - In Alameda/Oakland CA until 8/19! Lines: 20 Posted: Fri Aug 17 17:25:58 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit