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Dennis Yelle wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:
> >
> > > >On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Krogg wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Well,It is alot easier for me to navigate html files
> > > >
> > > >Why is it easier?  Info readers have the same commands for navigation
> > > >as HTML browsers do.
> > >
> > > My browser (IE) uses backspace instead of l for "go to last document."
> >
> > Why is the different key important?
> >
> > > And where's the "back" button?
> >
> > That's the `l' command in Info.
> >
> > > Not the back key, the on-screen back button?
> >
> > I fail to see how a minor difference in user interface, such as
> > different key bindings, make it harder to navigate.
> 
> It is because after a while, things become automatic, and
> normal humans stop thinking about them.  This is why (as far
> as I know) all cars have the accelerator on the right, and the
> clutch (if any) on the left, and the brake peddle more or less
> in the middle.  If you have been driving a car like that
> for years, trying to drive a car with a different user interface
> will lead to all sorts of errors.  When I want to go back to
> the previous page, I just think about what I want to do, and
> the typing (or mouse movement) happens automatically.
> My guess is that you, Eli, experience this yourself when using info.
> That is great for folks that have been using info for years, but
> for those of us raised on a different hypertext viewer, info comes
> as a shock.  Very much like trying to drive a car by steering with
> our feet and accelerating and braking by moving our head.
> Sure anyone can learn to do it.  But why would anyone want to?
> 
> You are right when you say that most html browsers are crude.
> They are, no question about it, but if you want to convert us,
> you have to make the transition easy.  Right now the transition
> is so difficult most of us give up in frustration.
> 
> Dennis Yelle

Dennis,thanks for your words....You have quite a way with them,
this is exataly what i was thinking,but you say it much better
than I......

Even if someone could make a cool windows type info
reader i would be probly be happy.


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