Re: The minibuffer vs. Dialog Boxes (Re: Making XEmacs be more up-to-date)

[Per Abrahamsen]

Andy Piper <address@hidden> writes:

> Well so is Windows, but the advantage is that everyone knows how it
> works - you can get up to speed quickly on an application because
> everything works the way you expect. I'm not saying dialog boxes
> aren't clumsy, inefficient etc, etc - but for a bunch of users its
> what they expect. So it seems to me the principle of least surprise
> applies here.

I'd like Emacs to exceed the users expectations, rather than just meet
them.

However, currently doesn't even meet the current standards for HCI,
and while I'm full of hot air, you are doing useful work towards that
goal.  So I'll shut up now.