Re: Stupid Users

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From: ax... CASILLO MARC A
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 1990 20:18

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In article <92...@scorn.sco.COM>, alas...@sco.COM (I forgot my mantra) writes...

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>Anyway, you would have been astounded at the number of people who saw the
>message "Hit any key to continue", and actually SLAMMING their hands down
>on they keys!
> 
>Later, those in charged noticed this trend and spend a couple days running
>through their software changing all instances of 'hit' to 'press'.

Remeber, the HARDER you hit the keys, the FASTER the computer thinks... (or so
the users in OUR labs think!!)
Believe me... Watch someone frustrated, they hit they keys FASTER and HARDER...
(which of course makes more mistakes, more frustration, etc...)

Not a pretty site to see a CIT-101e with its space bar springs hanging out!!


>Alastair Sutherland, Computing Services Projects Guy, The Santa Cruz Operation
>alas...@sco.com (E-I-E-I-O)  - or -  uunet!sco!alastair  - or - (408) 425-7222
> 
>       Theory is close to practice more often in theory than in practice.

Marc A. Casillo                         AXMAC@ALASKA.BITNET
Student User Consultant                 AX...@ACAD3.FAI.ALASKA.EDU
University Of Alaska, Anchorage         CAS...@HAYES.FAI.ALASKA.EDU

          Quit worrying about your health, it'll go away...

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From: ax...@acad2.anc.alaska.edu (CASILLO MARC A)
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Subject: Re: Stupid Users
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