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Quote: direct manipulation needs easily reproducible symbols for entities; text is best, that's its purpose
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abstraction in programming
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proper names
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problems with using icons
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direct manipulation for a UserInterface
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word vs. picture
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abstraction by name
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Abstraction also means having complex entities as units, … manipulation is on a slippery slope. … one would like to have some easily reproducible … [for any one of many entities]. Once one allows this, however, text becomes such a powerful … all, text evolved over eons to serve precisely … Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: abstraction means having complex entities as units represented by their names
Topic: abstraction in programming (67 items)
Topic: proper names (35 items)
Topic: problems with using icons (11 items)
Topic: direct manipulation for a UserInterface (56 items)
Topic: word vs. picture (12 items)
Topic: abstraction by name (29 items)