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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</A> (Alex Oren)</LI>
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ChrisG wrote:
} [Caliban:]
}
} :If you have no concept of anything, the server must by necessity support
} :an intuitive and understandable method of describing in an effective
} :fashion something that the developer would never in a million years have
} :thought of.
} :It's the 'intuitive and understandable' parts which bog down some servers.
}
} "Intuitive and understandable" are so subjective that they can easily
} lose all value as evaluators. As you say below, the concensus (hah!) of
} a group of people is generally of more value, so long as that group has
} enough background to be aware of most of the issues. The opinion of a
} large group of uninformed/inexperienced people is often not worth much.
Just a couple of days ago I came across an interesting post in an endless GUI
war thread.
"The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else has to be learned."
Have fun,
Alex.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01621" HREF="msg01621.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] common server design</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Tue 01 Jul 1997, 07:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01509" HREF="msg01509.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] common server design</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01521" HREF="msg01521.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] common server design</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 13:57 GMT
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Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 16:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01533" HREF="msg01533.html">noise</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 16:49 GMT
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Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 14:09 GMT
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Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 27 Jun 1997, 03:07 GMT
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Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 20:07 GMT
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