Re: guessing, speculation, and opinion

[Russell Nelson <nelson crynwr com>]

Dan Kaminsky writes:
 > >There's a simple answer to whether one or more menus in the panel is
 > >good: test it.  But that would be work, and it's much easier for the
 > >lazy man to guess, speculate, and opine.
 > 
 > Heh, I didn't start a flame war and I ain't gonna get into one.

I don't want one either.  GUIs start flame wars whenever people guess
(yes, even educated guesses) what elements are best.  The quickest way 
to douse the flames is to ask for citations to the HCI literature.

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