gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (09/02/89)
Here is a gripes about system 6.0: A major 6.0 feature is the magnifying glass INIT. Not only does it magnify portions of the screen, but from the control panel you can put the screen in reverse-video. But can you use inverse video without using the magnifying glass? Noooooooo. Can you install it and have it lay dormant after every boot? Noooooooo. It reactivates itself every time you reboot (very bad user interface design), thus screwing up the mouse cursor [with a big surrounding box]. Apple fails in user-interface design!
gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (09/02/89)
Re: System 6.0 gripes (mainly with Closeview)
Someone at Apple pointed out that if a handicapped person turned off
Closeview by mistake, it might be impossible for them to get it back.
I fail to see why it's easy to hit something in the control panel (or
why a warning dialogue could not be issued), but hard to accidentally
drag closeview out of the system file.
I'd like closeview to allow me to suppress the large black box around
the mouse -- perhaps as a checkbox in the control panel. I have 20/20
eyesight, but closeview would still help me in typing 11-point Times
font into MS-Word. But the black box around the mouse is bad because:
(1) I only intend to use closeview about 20% of the time
(2) It makes the mouse sluggish, even on an SE/30
(3) The box is thick and obscures the desktop.
(4) I suspect some people only want closeview's for its' inverse-video
capability.
(5) Perhaps some handicapped people might agree with (2) and (3)
(6) Closeview might substitute for fatbits in certain applications
I hope Apple can improve Closeview. I realize it wasn't written at
Apple, but it could become an asset to everyone (not just the
handicapped) with some slight improvements.
Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
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