freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman) (07/12/85)
References: [ There is no line-eat<*munch*> ] Discussion here has been pretty dull for a month or so. I was about to liven things up by posting an article explaining that mice and menus were an even worse means of communicating with a computer than Hollerith cards (you'll have to guess whether that comes with a :-) or not), when it suddenly occured to me that this time -- in contrast to the 8086/rest-of-the-world fracas of late -- the subject really might not be appropriate for net.arch. So I thought I would ask whether other people thought that that would be an suitable topic. After all, it's sort of the topmost layer of the architecture (he said lamely) ... Seriously, I am interested in certain aspects of computer/user interfaces, and am looking for a place to discuss it. Real computers should be emousculated!! -- Jay Reynolds Freeman (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)(canonical disclaimer)
peterb@pbear.UUCP (07/13/85)
Jay,
Maybe a new group should be started regarding user interface to a computer...
Maybe it can be called net.cii(for computer interface issues) or some other
name.
I beleive that some traffic would warrent another newsgroup that handles
these issues.
Peter Barada
{ihnp4!inmet|{harvard|cca}!ima}!pbear!peterbsan@cositex.UUCP (Steve Sanderson) (07/15/85)
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What about net.cog-eng (cognitive engineering (sp?))?
I've seen discussions there about human interface...
Steve Sanderson
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AT&T: (512) 345-2780lgondor@utflis.UUCP (Les Gondor) (07/18/85)
Such a newgroup already exists and is called net.cog-eng (for cognitive
engineering issues). Human interface issues are the main topic of
discussion in that group.
Les Gondor, U of Toronto
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trees?"doug@escher.UUCP (Douglas J Freyburger) (07/31/85)
> Maybe a new group should be started regarding user interface to a computer... > Maybe it can be called net.cii(for computer interface issues) or some other > name. Most of the traffic in net.cog-eng is human-interface stuff lately. Doug Freyburger DOUG@JPL-VLSI, DOUG@JPL-ROBOTICS JPL 171-235 ...escher!doug, doug@aerospace, Pasadena, CA 91109 etc.