From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Ok, I have had it. A proposal for wizards. Date: 03 Jan 2004 11:43:56 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87brploioj.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <2719-Fri02Jan2004112055+0200-eliz@elta.co.il> <86u13e5st5.fsf@avet.kvota.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073098639 6922 80.91.224.253 (3 Jan 2004 02:57:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 02:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 03 03:57:17 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AcbyW-0004xp-00 for ; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 03:57:16 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AcbyW-0002iJ-00 for ; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 03:57:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Accnl-0000pq-3k for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:50:13 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AccnH-0000p5-WC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:49:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Accmk-0000m2-PL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:49:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Accj9-0000Ff-JE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:45:27 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Acble-00080o-00 for ; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 03:43:58 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Acblc-00080g-00 for ; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 03:43:56 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Acblc-0001X0-00 for ; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 03:43:56 +0100 Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18967 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18967 Danilo Segan writes: > Just to point out that Gnome (GNU Desktop environment) is > standardizing on "assistants" instead (mostly because everything else > like 'druid', 'wizard' is hard to translate to other languages). I like the word `assistant', it's straight-forward and clear. `Wizard' sounds like someone trying to be cute, and sort of promotes the idea that `computers are hard, you cannot hope to understand them'; `assistant' says `hey, nothing magic, but I'll try to give you a hand,' -- not only friendlier, but more honest too: these sort of automatic assistants/wizards _aren't_ magic, and _do_ screw things up all too often. Trying to pretend otherwise isn't doing the user any favors... -Miles -- `Suppose Korea goes to the World Cup final against Japan and wins,' Moon said. `All the past could be forgiven.' [NYT]