Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: What writing electronically should/could be like

Author:	Fredrik Lundh
Posted:	9/5/1999; 4:02:16 AM
Topic:	Microsoft, Intel losing ground?
Msg #:	10598 (In response to 10590)
Prev/Next:	10597 / 10599

For starters remove the notion of files, disks, printing and viewing. Just write it and its there. No more "Save", "Save as", "print", "publish", "typeset" etc etc buttons.

Having done such designs, I've learned that if you tell users that they no longer have to explicitly save their stuff, some get very upset. But if you design it right, and don't tell them, nobody notices that something is missing...

Now, does such software exist? Will it ever? Will such software be easier to use than the current WP abominations?

Dunno. Hopefully. Definitely.

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