Re: Stop the bling, fergawdssake!

On 11/15/2011 6:05 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 11/15/11 6:03 AM, Greywolf wrote:
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>> The same principle holds for components of a system: Optimising one
>> comes at the expense of seriously suboptimising one or more others. That
>> would make the system as whole suboptimal. Better to have all elements
>> slightly (=acceptably) sub-optimal. This is of course a non-intuitive,
>> paradoxical insight, hence the unwillingness of component optimisers to
>> compromise. It explains why you can't design a perfect UI by improving
>> its components one at a time; you are likely to make it worse rather
>> than better.
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> And it all boils down to the fact there is no utopia anywhere for
> anything that will please everybody . LOL
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>> (2) The reference to key-jamming as the motivation for the QWERTY layout
>> is correct. Even so, it's possible to jam a QWERTY keyboard when the
>> typewriter becomes clogged with dirt, oxidised grease, etc. I know that
>> from experience. ;-)
>
> I was *so* good at jamming those keys in high school! :: grin ::
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All you had to do was get the timing too close and tap two keys on 
opposite sides of the set at the same time, JAM!  Easy.