7 Apr
2008
7 Apr
'08
3:22 p.m.
In article <47F7F8D7.8000907 at msu.edu>,
Josh Dersch <derschjo at msu.edu> writes:
User friendliness, error handling, and consistency at
the command line
is still a problem [...]
For some reason I was thinking of how novice-friendly the PLATO system
was when I read this paragraph. I remember large batches of people of
all ages working their way through computer aided instruction lessons
in the PLATO terminal room at Udel in the late 70s/early 80s, and this
was when far fewer people were familiar with even the most rudimentary
methods of interacting with a computer. The touch screen helped for
the grade schoolers, most definately.
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