Re: Microsoft Metaphors (fwd)

[Dan Ritter <dritter@bbnplanet.com>]

At 09:47 AM 1/15/98 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
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>Forwarded message:
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>> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:09:09 -0500
>> From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>> Subject: Microsoft Metaphors
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>> What are the best metaphors to use when talking about a browser and an
>> operating system? Is the combination like a car and an engine, or a car and
>> a roofrack? A pair of gloves?
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>It seem to me to be like a car and a road map. It simply lets you address
>the multiplicity of resources (ie destinations) out there in a convenient
>model.

A browser is a piece of software. How it is implemented has no effect on
what it
is: a tool used by people, running on a computer with an OS.

The computer is a building. The OS makes it a supermarket. The browser is the
map of the store showing what foods are in what aisles.

-dsr-