28 Jun
2004
28 Jun
'04
6:27 a.m.
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 11:03:15PM -0400, Pete Bessman wrote:
That's a straw man. The original point was
something to the effect of
"a volume knob which can only be operated after studying a manual is
an indication that the UI designer is a failure," although my
rendition is probably more caustic than the original.
That was *not* the original point. It was:
'requiring a user to read a manual to discover functionality he does
not even suspect is not an option'.
You introduced the volume knob, followed by some caustic language.
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