openssl issue

Ben Steeves bcs at metacon.ca
Sat Mar 20 05:38:02 UTC 2004


On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 01:27, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> At 20:23 3/19/2004, you wrote:
> >To begin as a tester though you may want to start at a higher level -
> >testing GUI's and the like.  I think that is the best way to start.
> >Find widgets that are not connected to proper handlers and discover poor
> >HCI (I love HCI) designs.  That's where I feel Linux/GNU falls the
> >lowest (unlike apple), but things are getting better!
> 
> What the heck is HCI, and what would make it poor?

Human Computer Interaction/Interface.  The
Screen->Eye->Brain->Hand->Mouse experience.  Fitts' Law.  All that good
stuff.  Something a lot of Linux developers don't pay enough attention
to (heck, something *MOST* developers -- regardless of platform -- don't
pay enough attention to!).

Ben

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