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#Amiga SW and ease of use

    21-Dec-94 23:12:54
Fm: Tab Trepagnier 74601,3214
To: Jim Saklad 72017,355
Jim, > As an Amiga user for seven years, and a senior analyst in my company's > computer department, I can certainly handle what you describe above. > But is this your definition of "intuitive?" >> No, certainly not. If I gave the impression I was claiming that, I apologize. OK. No problem. I already have two AmigaGuide readers. The problem is that they both suck. One of them uses the TAB key to navigate and almost completely ignores the mouse-now THAT'S intuitive! Because it is a standard file format, I'm sure I'll keep downloading AmigaGuide-format readers until I get one I like. But I want to do that at MY convenience, and NOT be forced to have all this finalized just to read a newsletter that I download on a whim. >> On the other hand, "Install" and "Installer" was a bad choice on CBM's part, and I'm sure MANY people beside you and I have gotten confused about it/them. Most of the confusion on that was caused by the unexpected error late at night. In reality, I DO understand the difference between them. >> As I comment sometimes to the Anesthesia Residents that I get to teach: I sometimes think I'm not a good teacher now for beginners, because there are so many things that I simply don't think to explain because they are second nature to me now. I understand. I usually end up issuing three or more revisions of every procedure I issue to our techs for the same reason. Having a former sailor on my team helps; he helps me write my procedures to be "sailor-proof." * And before I get flamed, that is HIS term! * Tab Trepagnier Cruising on AutoPilot from Beaumont, Texas