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- Path: sparky!uunet!rexago8!hc05
- From: hc05@rexago8.uucp (Beirne Konarski)
- Subject: Re: Why is NN so common?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.024409.3322@rexago8.uucp>
- Keywords: poor design
- Reply-To: beirnek@summitis.COM
- Organization: Summit Information Systems
- References: <BxAuIy.4qJ@ie.utoronto.ca>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 02:44:09 GMT
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- green@ie.utoronto.ca (Marc Green) writes:
-
- >'ve recent switched to a machine that uses nn and am stunned at what poorly
- >designed piece of software it is. It violates just about every human factors
- >principle in software design (consistency, dialog closure, smooth error
- >handling, etc). And of course, the documentation is a joke.
-
- >The only good thing about it is that it serves as a source of wonderful
- >examples for my software engineering course on how not to design systems.
-
- >Why is this damned thing so common?
-
- I picked it based on a random recommendation. I found it to be extremely easy
- to learn and it is real good for sorting through a lot of mail quickly. When I
- want to do tricky things, though, there are lots of capabilities. I have since
- had to use rn on another machine and while I have gotten used to it I have
- found nn much easier and better to use.
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- Beirne Konarski | Reading maketh a full man, conference a
- beirnek@summitis.com | ready man, and writing an exact man.
- | -- Francis Bacon
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