On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 22:57, bob parker wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:55, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 04:06, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > > On Wednesday 27 August 2003 3:59 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 07:15, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > > > > Frank Gevaerts wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:11:08AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > > > > > [snip] [snip] > > One thing I learned a *long* time ago is that even an 80286 is faster > > than people typing, reading the screen, moving the mouse, getting a > > cup of coffee, etc. > > If you are using some graphical interface it just isn't faster at all. Dos > based programs were though, we had to get into Pentiums before Windows > proggies were up to what we had on the 286.
So I *am* a Luddite after all: a good text interface is just as good as any GUI interface, and a hell of a lot faster. I had pull-down menus, dialog boxes, etc in CP/M, when using TurboPascal. In fact, if there was a text-based MUA that has drop-down menus, etc, I'd seriously think about dropping Evolution... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA LUKE: Is Perl better than Python? YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive. LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl? YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six months from now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
