Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/17/05, Nicolas Mailhot <Nicolas.Mailhot(a)laposte.net>
wrote:
> And unfortunately it's a bad distinction.
> The real one is repetitive/non repetitive tasks.
> Anything repetitive will always be better served by a rigid interface
> like a terminal, not something as changing as the GUI.
>
> Just go look at any POS system - you'll never find even such a basic
> thing as a mouse cursor. And the people using them have no CS doctorates
> (at least most of them)
Are you on crack? There are many POS systems that have
'GUIS" and and
driven by a touch screen interface instead of a "mouse" without
exposing a terminal or a full keyboard.
The existence of a "mouse cursor" is not the definition of a "GUI"
The WaWa convience store sub sandwich ordering interface has no
terminal.. no cmdline..it has no keyboard.. but it certaintly is a
"graphical" "user" "interface"..
Oh, come on. That is an /extremely/ limited task. Try doing the same if
there were hundreds of different sandwiches and options for each. Plus do
it for users sitting all day in front of the dang thing, not somebody
interacting with it a couple of minutes a month.
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