adi (07/02/82)
Does anyone in the <net-land> have some experience or thoughts on
the question below ?
Given an intelligent terminal or local/personal computer
with graphics capability (including mouse and/or touchpad
devices), which of the following is a preferred way to put
an application together for a non-computer but technical
user ? (i.e. the user is a college graduate, perhaps in EE,
ME, or some other engineering or related field, but has had
very little contact with computers.)
1. A powerful command language ( a la Unix )
2. menu driven application - usually single letter or single
word responses required.
3. menu driven - menu consisting of graphics characters
4. menu driven, but allowing pointing to an entry by the
pointing device
5. Some other method (please explain)
If you have direct answers or some pointers to literature
(preferably making definite recommendations), please respond by
mail.
Please accept my thanks in anticipation.
A. D. Ingle
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