CompuServe Messages

Anne, >> I was just reading Macintosh Programming Secrets and there is a section in on of the chapters called "Select, then act." Traditional computer operating systems use "act, then select." << Too true – but it is interesting to note how people have adapted to act and select. Take Lotus 123 users, for example. The old 123 command for copy… /C<select><enter><select><enter> is so natural to many millions of PC users around the world. When Windows finally came along, the thought of choosing copy AFTER highlighting what you want to copy gets just about everyone first time around. It amazes me how many sane people know WordPerfect (DOS) inside out and backwards… it is one of the unfriendly best selling programs I know of. (I refure to call DOS programs applications.) Dave.