On Tue, 20 Jul 93 11:53:29 -0700 Rusty Wright said: > Computers are tools, just like a hammer, a needle, a spoon. > The prime characteristic of any GOOD tool is that it's designed to > make it easy for the USER to work with. > So IMHO users should be able to type at their keyboard: > Please accept my subscription to the Listmanagers magazine > and the user's commputer should figure out what it means, where to > send it to, in what format, and what to expect in return. >Yeah, and I'd like to be able to get in my car and say out loud "take >me home" and have the car drive me there. Would be a good idea for the MADD people (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) to bug the auto manufacturers with that idea... >Wake up and smell the flowers; we don't live in a perfect world. They do smell nice, don't they? :-) Aside from that, one of the basics of many in the computer world is to produce improvements. So one of the questions I want to ask y'all is whether the idea of moving the whole concept of user interface consistency to the user's side is a good one or not. And why (not). Regards. $$\