Re: Proterm 3.1 and a Microcom 14.4 modem

[jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson)]

In article <55pitm$22k@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>In article <55ono5$o1m@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>,
>Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@bnr.ca> wrote:
>>either.  Knowing that I couldn't (intuitively) use the
>>keyboard commands, I tried to use the mouse.  The mouse
>>does NOT follow the standard conventions for selecting
>>text.  (eg, double click to select word, triple for line,
>>shift-drag to select a range)
>
>   Those are _not_ original Apple (or other folks) GUI specs.  They're
>newcomers to the scene (AWGS and others don't follow this, nor do
>older Mac WPs) that have become popular.

I didn't say they were Apple specs, only that they were a defacto
standard.  I took pains to always say 'convention', which isn't
as strict or formal (or even documented) as a standard.

>   [Similarly, Mac revisionist historians have forgotten what the
>'Maximize' icon in the title bar does. ...
>Macs system 1-6.0.8 and the GS are the original standard: the
>full screen.]

This is how the Xwindows I use at work operates.  I'd've said it
was the convention, too.  I didn't know Macs changed.

>   PT 3.1 is about 3-4 years old, I think. Don't confuse Apple Human
>Interface Guidelines from 1996 with the guidelines from 1992-93.

I havent.
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