Screen vs Page vs Card

[Judy Perry]

Some people still use Rolodex's (I saw some at Walmart just yesterday).

People still play with actual playing cards.

No mindreading here...



On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Dar Scott wrote:

>
> Those who don't know something about programming cling to metaphors
> they understand.  Those who do know insist that their metaphors apply
> and should be obvious.
>
> An oscilloscope has a panel.  If I mentioned the "panel" of an
> oscilloscope to a technician an image applies.  If I mention a "map" to
> a certain class of security system operator, an image applies.  It is
> the domain of the topic that drives the images and it has nothing to do
> with whether they have any knowledge of programming.
>
> How does card apply?  Who today knows what a 5X3 card is?  Is it really
> less ordered than a book?  I remember seeing a cartoon showing police
> investigating the death of a man stabbed with a rod from a library card
> catalog.  The officer said to the librarian, "Tell us again about what
> happened after he dropped the drawer of cards."  In the minds of those
> who know what an index card is, cards are ordered.
>
> I remember in the old days when "it should be obvious" what a file is.
> Instead people had images of people standing in line, of file cabinets,
> of a tool metaphor, of a folder.
>
> What was the first question people asked when introduced to Hypercard?
> "Do you mean card as in a module that is plugged in, that is, like a
> board that is plugged into a computer?"
>
> I read novels front to back, but I rarely read technical books that
> way.  I don't think they any less are composed of pages.
>
> Never the less, I am impressed with your mind reading ability.
>
> Dar Scott
>
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