Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 08:14:39AM -0500, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > Impatience, lazyness and hubris. Always remember these three great virtues > > (© Larry Wall) > > > > Do not program something which has already been programmed several times. > > You have the choices to do what you want without an

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of "G. Crimp" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2,

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of "G. Crimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, > logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel
On Tue, 26 May 1998, G. Crimp wrote: > I'm trolling for ideas and guidance. I'm trying to help my parents > enter the electronic age. They basically know nothing about computers. > They're 80 and I'm stubborn. This means that things have to be super easy > for them, and I'm hoping to avo

RE: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Darren Benham
On 27-May-98 G. Crimp wrote: > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, > logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent (maybe xfmail or > netscape) just by clicking the appropriat