I agree. Someone mentioned an Apple IIe in this forum, and I couldn't help thinking of my long-time belief that usability in operating systems has been going down since those days (while usability in actual apps has gone up.)
On those computers, you picked up a physical disk, you stuck it in the computer, you turned it on. The disk had the program on it. It ran, just like on a Super Nintendo or a Playstation. Want another program? Take out one disk, put in the other!
The "metaphor" of a physical environment did not exist, the computing environment was physical! Disks for different programs, disks for documents, disks that belonged to individual people.
I'm not advocating this as a solution, just a thinking point... But, especially for "Joe Normal", this was about as good as it ever got.
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I agree. Someone mentioned an Apple IIe in this forum, and I couldn't help thinking of my long-time belief that usability in operating systems has been going down since those days (while usability in actual apps has gone up.)
On those computers, you picked up a physical disk, you stuck it in the computer, you turned it on. The disk had the program on it. It ran, just like on a Super Nintendo or a Playstation. Want another program? Take out one disk, put in the other!
The "metaphor" of a physical environment did not exist, the computing environment was physical! Disks for different programs, disks for documents, disks that belonged to individual people.
I'm not advocating this as a solution, just a thinking point... But, especially for "Joe Normal", this was about as good as it ever got.
Does anyone know anything about the potential health issues with this kind of wireless gear?
As an owner of an iBook, Airport interests me a lot, but I'm afraid I'm going be fried cell-phone style any time I use my machine!
Are my fears unfounded?