On 12 January 2014 15:52, Sebastian Sastre <sebastian@flowingconcept.com> wrote:
On Jan 11, 2014, at 10:08 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker@gmail.com> wrote:

the point is that i am always sure about
things i do, when interacting with my computer.��

That means that you're exceptional Chris!

Like in the exception (and not the rule)

add me to that exception. you got 2 exceptions now.
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Undo on Command+L would be of no use except for people pressing
buttons before thinking. ��That needs to be corrected to, "think first,
THEN press buttons." ��:)

Which goes in front collision course with the usability principle "Don't make me think" for designing great user interfaces

If smalltalk is an environment where experimenting is extremely cheap and feedback is instant, there is not reason to overload the neocortex of the user forcing her to always be sure (in anticipation of her key strokes!).

oh come on... you know, if you so care about overloading neocortex, then i think you should choose different occupation in your life: there's many which don't requires too much thinking, in contrary to programming.
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If you do it, it will be one step in the direction of making an unexperienced user feel unsafe or worst excluded from the smalltalk ecosystem (because other ecosystems do think in making newcomers feel safe).

to feel safe you need to know what you doing, and predict consequences.. and believe me or not, this involves some thinking.��

BTW, experiments where you aren't completely sure of the outcome are often surprising, fun and source of lots of insights, aren't they?

pressing random keys without any clue what you doing is exciting activity, i guess,
but it is far from what people calling "programming" or "coding".

Cheers :)




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Igor Stasenko.